BSE Market Cap: After a long time, the Indian stock market witnessed a rapid rise today. The BSE Sensex closed at 79,943.71 points with a gain of 1436.30 points (1.83%). On the other hand, NSE's Nifty 50 also closed at 24,188.65 points with a tremendous gain of 445.75 points (1.88%). At the end of today's trading, 29 out of 30 Sensex companies' shares closed in the green with a gain, while only 1 company's share closed in the red with a loss. Similarly, out of 50 Nifty companies, 48 companies' shares closed in the green and only 2 companies' shares closed in the red.
The market closed with a gain on January 1 as well
Let us tell you that the market has seen growth for the second consecutive day today. On Wednesday, January 1, the stock market closed in the green with gains. On Wednesday, the Sensex closed at 78,507.41 points with a jump of 368.4 points and the Nifty closed at 23,742.90 points with a gain of 98.1 points. Whereas, on December 31, the stock market closed with a decline.
Bajaj Finserv shares gained the most by 7.86%
For Sensex, today Bajaj Finserv shares closed with the highest gain of 7.86%. After this, Bajaj Finance shares also closed with a gain of 6.50 percent. Sun Pharma shares, the only stock in Sensex, closed with a decline of 0.62 percent today.
Investors' wealth increased by Rs 6.06 lakh crore
Today's rise in the stock market alone has increased the wealth of investors by about Rs 6.06 lakh crore. After the close of trading today, the total market cap of companies listed on BSE rose by Rs 6,05,847.27 crore to Rs 4,52,00,321.27 crore. Let us tell you that on the day the Indian market reached its lifetime high, the market cap of companies listed on BSE reached Rs 4,79,10,402.02 crore. That is, the market cap of companies listed on BSE is still Rs 27,10,080.75 crore below its lifetime high.