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Stock market today: Domestic equity benchmark indices, the Sensex and Nifty 50, ended the trading day on Saturday with gains continuing their recent three-day surge on the back of new inflows of foreign funds and amid positive global cues.
In the second special trading session trading , the 30-share BSE Sensex ended at 74,005.94, up 88.91 points, or 0.12%. The NSE Nifty 50 rose to 22,502.00, a rise of 35.90 points, or 0.16%.
In the first half of a special trading session on Saturday, the domestic benchmark indices finished on a flat note. The 30-share BSE Sensex closed at 73,959.63, up 42.60 points, or 0.06%. The NSE Nifty 50 increased to 22,481.90, a gain of 15.80 points, or 0.07%.
After days of nonstop outflows, Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) started buying on Friday. Based on market data, they purchased stocks on Friday for a total of ₹1,616.79 crore.
On May 7, the BSE and NSE announced that they will hold a special trading session in the equities and equity derivative divisions on May 18 to assess their readiness to handle significant outages or interruptions at the main site.
So today, there was an intra-day switchover during the special live trading session between the Disaster Recovery (DR) site and the Primary Site (PR).
The first was from 9:15 IST to 10 IST from the PR, and the second from 11:30 IST to 12:30 IST from the DR site.
(more to come)
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Published: 18 May 2024, 12:30 PM IST
