The stock market ended with a slight gain. The Sensex is up 15 points and the Nifty 13 points on August 7.
The Sensex closed at 38,040 points. The Sensex had gained over 38,109 points during trading. The Nifty closed at 11,214 points. It had reached 11,231 points during trading on the day.
The top five gainers were Asian Paints, Bajaj Finance, UPL, Bajaj Finserv and IndusInd Bank. Asian Paints was up 4.65 per cent on the day. Bajaj Finance gained 3.74 per cent and UPL 3.49 per cent.
Titan Industries, HCL Technologies, Infosys, Sun Pharma, Mahindra & Mahindra were the top five losers in the Nifty. Titan Industries lost 2.15 per cent and HCL Technologies lost 2.15 per cent.
Shares of private banks were the main gainers on the day. RBL Bank rose 9.27 per cent. IDFC First Bank gained 6.49 per cent and Federal Bank gained 4.48 per cent on the day.
Some pharma stocks also gained. Alcom Labs was up 4.44 per cent and Divis Labs was up 2.46 per cent. Shares of Alcom Labs, Divis Lab, Cipla, Dr Reddy’s and Arbindo Pharma hit 52-week highs on August 7.
