Stock market is back on track

Our Correspondent

After a one-day hiatus, the stock market is back on the uptrend on November 13. The Sensex was up 85 points and the Nifty 29 points. High-level booking of profits led the market to lower in the morning, but then rebounded.

The Sensex closed at 43,443 points and the Nifty closed at 12,720 points. The Nifty was down by 125 points during the day. The Nifty was down to 12,607 points. The Nifty had gone to by 12,735 points on November 13.

Metal and pharma stocks were the major contributors to the day’s gains. Banking stocks were strongly volatile.

The top five gainers were Eicher Motors, Bajaj Finserv, Coal India, Tata Steel and Divis Lab. Asher Motors rose 7.46 per cent. Shares of Bajaj Finserv, Coal India and Tata Steel gained over 3 per cent.

The majority of Nifty stocks traded higher on the day. Of the 50 stocks in the Nifty, 26 gained while 24 lost. Tata Motors, L&T, HDFC, HDFC Bank and UPL lost ground.