Ending the week on a positive note, the Indian markets on Friday snapped a three-day losing streak to end around 1.3 per cent, with both the Sensex and the Nifty50 reclaimed their key levels of 60000 and 18000, respectively.
Even the broader markets gained, along with benchmarks as mid-cap surged 0.45 per cent and small-cap gained 0.29 per cent.
As many as 43 stocks closed in the green, while 6 declined and one remained unchanged on the Nifty50.
The tone gradually changed with healthy buying in index heavyweights from the sectors such as IT, realty which supported the market to inch higher at the close,” Ajit Mishra, VP – Research, Religare Broking Ltd.