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Sensex jumps 540 points on buying in banks, oil shares
Millennium Post Kolkata
|Kolkata 24 July 2025
HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank hit 52-week high levels
MUMBAI: Benchmark Sensex jumped nearly 540 points while Nifty closed above the 25,200 level on Wednesday on heavy buying in banking giants and oil shares and a positive trend in Asian markets after Japan secured a trade deal with the US.
The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 539.83 points or 0.66 per cent to settle at 82,726.64. During the day, it surged 599.62 points or 0.72 per cent to 82,786.43.
This story is from the Kolkata 24 July 2025 edition of Millennium Post Kolkata.
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