D-Street investors become richer by ₹22.12 lakh crore as market rally extends to 5th day

Equity investors have become richer by ₹22.12 lakh crore in the five-day stock rally which saw the benchmark BSE Sensex jumping more than 4%.

On Friday, the 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 557.45 points or 0.73% to settle at 76,905.51. During the day, it surged 693.88 points or 0.90% to 77,041.94. In five days, the Sensex zoomed 3,076.6 points or 4.16%.

The market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies jumped ₹22,12,191.12 crore to ₹4,13,30,624.05 crore ($4.79 trillion) in five days.

From the Sensex pack, NTPC, Bajaj Finance, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Axis Bank, Nestle, Larsen & Toubro, Tata Motors, ICICI Bank, Power Grid and Zomato were among the gainers.

However, Infosys, Tata Steel, Mahindra & Mahindra, Titan and Bajaj Finserv were the laggards.

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) bought equities worth ₹3,239.14 crore on Thursday, according to exchange data.

The BSE smallcap gauge jumped 2.05% and midcap index rallied 1.14%.

Among BSE sectoral indices, oil & gas surged 2.25%, utilities (2.11%), telecommunication (1.91%), energy (1.86%), healthcare (1.56%), industrials (1.30%) and services (1.26%).

Consumer Durables and metal were the laggards.

As many as 2,823 stocks advanced while 1,213 declined and 126 remained unchanged on the BSE.