Market Performance Today

• The BSE Sensex ended the day 633.30 points, or 0.83%, higher at 76,704.14.
• The NSE Nifty 50 climbed 196.65 points, or 0.83%, to settle at 23,777.80.
• The indices witnessed a gap-up opening and maintained steady momentum throughout the day, briefly reclaiming the 23,800 level for Nifty before slight profit booking at the close.

Top Movers (Sectors and Stocks)

• Sectors: The Nifty Media index was the day's standout performer, jumping 3.35%. It was followed closely by Nifty IT, which surged 2.78% to snap a six-day losing streak, marking its strongest single-day gain in ten months. The Realty sector also posted significant gains of 2.94%.
• Top Gainers: Eternal (parent company of Zomato) led the Sensex charts with a gain of over 3%. Other major gainers included Jio Financial (up 5%), Tech Mahindra, HCLTech, Infosys, and Mahindra & Mahindra.
• Top Losers: The Nifty Metal index was the lone sectoral laggard, slipping 0.10%. Individual laggards included NTPC, Hindustan Unilever, Cipla, and Coal India, which faced selling pressure.

Key Drivers of Today's Market

• Cooling Crude Prices: Brent crude futures retreated over 2% to trade near $101 per barrel, providing much-needed relief to the oil-importing Indian economy despite ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
• Global Cues: Positive sentiment in Asia-Pacific markets and overnight gains in the S&P 500 and Dow Jones provided a strong tailwind for domestic equities.
• US Fed Anticipation: Investors maintained a cautiously optimistic stance ahead of the US Federal Reserve's interest rate decision, with markets largely expecting the central bank to maintain the status quo.
• Value Buying: Following recent volatility, domestic institutional investors (DIIs) engaged in opportunistic buying, particularly in beaten-down IT heavyweights.

Broader Market Performance

• The broader markets outperformed the benchmarks, with the Nifty Midcap 100 rising 2.02% and the Nifty Smallcap 100 gaining 1.67%.
• Market breadth was decisively positive; on the NSE, 2,538 stocks advanced compared to 707 declines.
• Volatility eased significantly as the India VIX dropped by more than 5% to settle at 18.83, though the Indian rupee hit a fresh record low of 92.58 against the US dollar during the session.

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