D-Street investors’ wealth swells by Rs 32 lakh crore in 5-day stock rally  

Investors’ wealth soared by Rs 32 lakh crore in the five-day stock rally to Monday powered by foreign fund inflows and a broad-based gains in equities.

On Monday, the 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 855.30 points or 1.09 per cent to settle above the 79,000 mark at 79,408.50. In the past five days, the BSE barometer zoomed 5,561.35 points or 7.53 per cent.

The market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms surged by Rs 32,03,295.8 crore to Rs 4,25,85,629.02 crore (USD 5 trillion) in five trading days.

From the Sensex firms, Tech Mahindra, IndusInd Bank, Power Grid, Bajaj Finserv, Mahindra & Mahindra, HCL Tech, Axis Bank, State Bank of India, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Infosys, Reliance Industries and Tata Steel were the biggest gainers.

Adani Ports, Hindustan Unilever, ITC, Asian Paints and Nestle were among the laggards.

The BSE midcap gauge surged 2.2 per cent and the smallcap index jumped 1.67 per cent.

All BSE sectoral indices ended higher, with oil & gas soaring 2.61 per cent, power (2.49 per cent), BSE Focused IT (2.42 per cent), IT (2.31 per cent), realty (2.27 per cent), auto (2.12 per cent) and metal (2 per cent).

As many as 2,918 stocks advanced while 1,168 declined and 161 remained unchanged on the BSE.