The 30-share Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Sensex jumped 1,359.51 points, or 1.63%, to settle at an all-time high of 84,544.31.
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Benchmark Sensex closed above the historic 84,000-mark for the first time while Nifty settled at a new record high on Friday (September 20, 2024), powered by a rally in frontline bank stocks along with upbeat trends in the U.S. and Asian markets.

The 30-share Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Sensex jumped 1,359.51 points, or 1.63%, to settle at an all-time high of 84,544.31. During the day, it soared 1,509.66 points, or 1.81%, to hit the momentous intra-day peak of 84,694.46.

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) Nifty surged 375.15 points, or 1.48%, to close at a record 25,790.95 level. During the day, the gauge zoomed 433.45 points or 1.70% to reach an all-time intra-day peak of 25,849.25.

From the 30 Sensex firms, Mahindra & Mahindra jumped over 5%. JSW Steel, ICICI Bank, Larsen & Toubro, Bharti Airtel, Nestle, Adani Ports, Hindustan Unilever, HDFC Bank, Tech Mahindra, Maruti, Kotak Mahindra Bank, and Tata Steel were the other big gainers.

State Bank of India, IndusInd Bank, Tata Consultancy Services, and Bajaj Finance were the laggards.

“The Indian market has joined the rally following the 50-bps Fed rate cut and super accommodative monetary policy. It is expected to bring positivity to the economy and foreign inflows in the short to medium-term as the global economy continues to be robust,” Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Financial Services, said.

In Asian markets, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Hong Kong settled in the green. Equity markets in Europe were quoting lower. The U.S. markets ended remarkably higher on Thursday (September 19, 2024).

“The Dow and S&P 500 setting yet another record high yesterday is indicative of the strength of this ongoing global bull run led by the mother market, the United States,” V.K. Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Financial Services, said.

Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth ₹2,547.53 crore on Thursday (September 19, 2024), according to exchange data.

Global oil benchmark Brent crude dipped 0.23% to $74.71 a barrel.

Budaun (UP):

A tehsildar was duped of Rs 50,000 when he got a message from a person posing as the district magistrate asking him to send the amount to a bank account on priority, officials said here on Tuesday.

The message was sent from a WhatsApp account with the DM’s profile picture and name, they said.

Later when he contacted the DM, he realised that he had been duped by cyber criminals.

Police said the message was sent from an India number but being operated from Sri Lanka.

Additional Superintendent of Police Amit Kishore Srivastava said that a case has been registered against unknown people in the matter.

The amount transferred to a Bengaluru-based bank account has been put on hold and the process of refund has been initiated, police said.

Tehsildar (Sadar) Surendra Singh on Tuesday said that he was on duty for the Kanwar Yatra on Sunday evening when the incident happened.

He received a message from a WhatsApp number with the name and picture of Budaun District Magistrate Nidhi Srivastava, asking him to send Rs 50,000 to a bank account immediately.

Mr Singh said that he saw the message after about half an hour. By then, he received another message, asking him why the money had not been sent yet.

This made him nervous and without verifying the identity of the WhatsApp account, he transferred Rs 50,000 to the account mentioned.

After some time, he got another message still demanding the amount. This made him suspicious and he called up the district magistrate and asked her about it. Surprised by the tehsildar’s queries, the DM clearly denied that she had sent any such message, police said. 

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