Sensex Finishes Sharply Higher
2026-11-02 11:06
By
Luisa Carvalho
1 min. read
India’s BSE Sensex staged a strong rally to close about 1.7% firmer at 75,693 on Monday, its highest since September 7, buoyed by strong corporate results, cooling oil prices and improving foreign investor activity.
Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) purchased equities worth 35.99 billion rupees on Friday, extending their buying streak to six sessions in the past 10 trading days.
Hopes of tax relief on equity investments also lent support to market sentiment, following reports of proposed changes to India's long-term capital gains tax regime.
Heavyweight Reliance Industries topped the gainers, surging 11.6% to post its strongest single-day gain since April 2020, after reporting a better-than-expected 40.6% jump in September-quarter net profit.
Bahrat Electronics advanced 1.9% after reportinga 20% rise in Q2 consolidated net profit.
Meanwhile, Maruti Suzuki India gained 2.2%, on the back of robust October sales figures across the automobile sector.
Conversely, tech stocks lagged.