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On the fourth day of the week, i.e. Thursday, the stock market closed with a mixed response after a bullish start. Then at 3.30 pm, the Sensex closed in the red. A slight decline of 10.52 was seen in the Sensex. While the Nifty closed at 24,337 points with a gain of 12.70 points. Durable consumer goods, oil and gas and IT stocks brought the market back on track. Midcap and smallcap stocks also became a support for the market.
Strong jump in government shares
In today's session, the shares of government companies saw a strong rise. Oil India closed up 7.44 percent, NHPC 4.82 percent, Hindustan Petroleum 4.85 percent, REC 2.53 percent, ONGC 2.21 percent, BPCL 2.08 percent, Coal India 1.90 percent, Power Finance 1.75 percent. Other stocks closed up with ITC 1.64 percent, Tata Motors 1.52 percent, Asian Paints 0.93 percent and SBI 0.88 percent. Declining stocks include Bajaj Finance 1.48 percent, Mahindra & Mahindra 1.24 percent, NTPC 1.14 percent, Power GPID 0.95 percent and Sun Pharma 0.89 percent down.
