Stock market today: Indian stock market benchmarks- the Sensex and the Nifty 50 – ended with healthy gains on Monday, July 1, on gains led by select banking and IT heavyweights, including HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Infosys and TCS, amid largely positive global cues.
The Sensex gained 443 points, or 0.56 per cent, to end at 79,476.19, while the Nifty 50 clocked a gain of 131 points, or 0.55 per cent, at 24,141.95.
The mid-and small-cap segments saw even stronger buying interest, as the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices hit fresh record highs of 46,711.27 and 52,981.03, respectively, during the session.
Eventually, the BSE Midcap index ended 1.11 per cent higher at 46,670.66, and the Smallcap index settled with a gain of 1.58 per cent at 52,951.73.
The overall market capitalisation of the firms listed on the BSE rose to nearly ₹443.1 lakh crore from nearly ₹439.2 lakh crore in the previous session, making investors richer by about ₹3.9 lakh crore in a single session.