Heavy buying in financials lift indices 1.5 pc, Reliance touches new high

Equity benchmark indices edged higher during early hours on June 08 due to heavy buying in banking, financial and metal stocks.

At 10:15 am, the BSE S-P Sensex was up by 515 points or 1.5 per cent at 34,802 while the Nifty 50 edged higher by 145 points or 1.43 per cent at 10,287.

Except for Nifty pharma, all sectoral indices at the National Stock Exchange were in the green with Nifty private bank up by 2.8 per cent, financial service by 2 per cent and metal by 1.6 per cent.

Among stocks, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) gained 1.1 per cent to Rs 1,598 per share on fresh investment of Rs 5,683 crore by Abu Dhabi Investment Authority in its digital arm Jio Platforms. Private lender IndusInd Bank gained by 6.4 per cent at Rs 449.40 per share while Axis Bank was up by 4.9 per cent, ICICI Bank by 3.8 per cent, Bajaj Finance by 4.8 per cent and Bajaj Finserv by 3.8 per cent.