Sensex extends winning streak for 5th day; Nifty rises above 17,800 level

The indices of equity stock markets extended its bullish streak for the fifth straight session, with almost all sectoral indices seeing gains during the trade on Wednesday. Corporate earnings of companies, such as Maruti Suzuki, are also looking up as more firms announce their quarterly results this week.

BSE Sensex went up 170 points to close at 60,300.58 and NSE Nifty surged 47 points to settle at 17,815.90 on Wednesday. Nifty Realty index ended 1.36 per cent higher at 435.95 today. The index has added 16 per cent over last one month. In the Asian markets, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng went up 139 points, Japan’s Nikkei lost 203 points, China’s Shanghai was in the red while Thailand Set was in the positive territory on Wednesday.

In US markets, Dow Jones lost 344 points, S&P 500 declined 65 points while Nasdaq was in the positive territory.