Closing Bell: Sensex Settles 736 Pts Higher, Nifty Above 23,850; Trent, HDFC Life Surge 5% Each

[00:00:00]Let's begin winding up for the day and while yes, it started off as a gap up.

[00:00:05]The good news is that a major chunk of the gains we still managed to latch on to. So, closing in just circling around the 24,000 mark, which we did spend [music] due time on, 243 points higher, 1% of an uptick, 23,930 is where we are finishing off for the day. The big movers sectorally turned out to be realty, financials, automobiles, cement, textile, and then of course new age and cap goods followed in that particular order.

[00:00:32]Pharma of course took a step back.

[00:00:34][music] Metals as well was a underperformer and telecom as well did not do a whole lot. The breadth of the market was much better at least within the F&O pool [music] as opposed to what the Nifty was doing. We closed in with a count of 170 to the advances over the count [music] of 46 to the declines. Smaller list when it comes to to the declines, so let's start off with that. ONGC, ICICI Bank, Tata Steel, Unilever, they were the key pressure points in trade. Auro Pharma, Godfrey Phillips and NMDC, GMB DND, Vedanta, they were the ones which cooled off [music] in the red. But within the gainers' side and especially the large caps, it was really about Maruti, [music] L&T, Bajaj Finance, HDFC Life, Eicher, Trent and then [music] of course InterGlobe Aviation along with M&M. They were the ones which actually held out.

[00:01:25]Some of the IT names as well did [music] participate in trade today. Looking at an Infosys closed in with an almost 2% gain. Reliance, Bharti, ITC, these [music] were some of the other names which managed to hold out. The broader markets much more lively. Kalyan Jewellers, [music] HDFC AMC, L&T Finance, Motilal Oswal, Uno Minda were just some of the names which were holding up onto fabulous [music] gains gains. Even Radico held out very smartly. You had a decent move coming in on most of these broader market contenders. [music] They look very, very smart in trade indeed.

[00:02:02]And capital markets is a theme really held out. Look at a Saman [music] Capital as well, for instance. A solid 3 and 1/4% move is