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Sensex ends 266 points higher
MUMBAI [Maha Media]: The Indian equity benchmarks staged a strong recovery in intraday deals to end higher on Friday, February 6, led by gains in index heavyweights like ITC, Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICICI Bank, Bharti Airtel, Hindustan Unilever and Reliance Industries.
The SENSEX rose as much as 687 points from the day's lowest level and NIFTY50 index touched an intraday high of 25,703.95 after hitting a low of 25,491.90 earlier in the session.
The SENSEX ended 266 points higher at 83,580 and NIFTY50 index climbed 51 points to close at 25,694.
The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) headed by Governor Sanjay Malhotra unanimously decided to keep repo rate unchanged at 5.25% and maintained its neutral policy stance at the conclusion of last monetary policy meeting of the current financial year.
In 2025, the RBI’s MPC had cut repo rate four times taking the total reduction to 125 basis points.
Governor Malhotra noted that global economy showed remarkable resilience in 2025, aided and supported by trade front-loading, a milder-than-anticipated impact of tariffs, broad fiscal stimulus and accommodative monetary policy.
Nine of 15 sector gauges compiled by the National Stock Exchange ended higher led by the NIFTY FMCG index's over 2% gain. NIFTY Consumer Durables, Private Bank, Oil & Gas, Realty and Financial Services indices also rose between 0.4%-0.9%.
On the other hand, auto, IT, pharma and PSU bank shares witnessed selling pressure.
Broader markets underperformed their larger peers as NIFTY Midcap 100 index ended on a flat note while NIFTY Smallcap 100 index declined 0.3%.
On Thursday, the Sensex dropped 503.76 points, or 0.60 per cent, to settle at 83,313.93. The Nifty declined 133.20 points, or 0.52 per cent, to end at 25,642.80.
