Stock market closed flat, Sensex crossed 81,510

The stock market opened flat on Tuesday. At 3.30 pm, the Sensex closed at 81,510 with a marginal gain of 1.59 points, while the Nifty closed at 24,620, up 1.40 points.

The market recovered from the low level in the last hours. Good buying was seen in IT shares. Nifty IT index reached record high. Good buying was seen in realty stocks. BSE Realty index rose more than 1.20%.

This stock is a top gainer

Bharti Airtel, Adani Ports, Adani Enterprises, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories and Trent are on top. Bajaj Finserv, Infosys, HCL Technologies, Wipro and Infosys were the top gainers.

BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices closed up 0.3 percent

On the sectoral front, Power, Telecom, Media indices closed 0.5-1 per cent lower. Whereas IT, Metal, PSU Bank and Realty indices closed with a gain of 0.5-1 percent.