Sensex Rallies Nearly 1,200 Points; Nifty Settles Above 14,600 | Read

The Budget-day momentum continued for the second straight session, with the BSE Sensex reclaiming the 50,000 mark and the NSE Nifty clawing back above 14,700 on the back of a record high in the Nifty Bank index and buying spree across sectors. The BSE Sensex finally ended below the 50,000 mark at 49,797.72, higher by 1,197.11 points or 2.46 per cent and the NSE Nifty settled at 14,647.85, up 366.65 points or 2.57 per cent. All the BSE sectoral indices ended in the green, with financial and capital goods indices soaring more than 3 per cent.