Sensex Surges Over 500 Points, Nifty Reclaims 14,450 Led By ICICI Bank

All the 11 sector gauges compiled by the NSE, barring the index of pharma shares, ended higher led by the Nifty Realty index's nearly 4% gain.

Indian equity benchmarks bounced on Monday tracking gains in banking, financial services, metal and realty stocks. The Sensex rose as much as 790 points at the day's highest level and Nifty 50 index moved above its important psychological level of 14,550. ICICI Bank was top mover in the Sensex, the stock rose as much as 6.24 per cent to hit an intraday high of Rs 605 after it reported strong March quarter earnings. Meanwhile, investors hoped that surging coronavirus cases could peak soon and mitigate the pandemic's economic impact. The Sensex ended 508 points or 1.06 per cent higher at 48,386.51 and Nifty 50 index advanced 144 points or 1 per cent to close at 14,485. "The Nifty 50 index managed to hold above the support zone of 14,400. The technical factors are aligned to support a range-bound market movement. Therefore, the short-term traders can use the rally to exit while attempting to buy on dip approach," Ashis Biswas, head of technical research at CapitalVia Global Research told NDTV. All the 11 sector gauges compiled by the National Stock Exchange, barring the index of pharma shares, ended higher led by the Nifty Realty index's nearly 4 per cent gain. Nifty Bank, Financial Services, Metal, PSU Bank and Private Bank indices also rose over 1 per cent each.