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Reliance Industries jumped nearly 7%, contributing the most to the rally in markets.- Tata Motors, Power Grid, Larsen and Toubro, Kotak Mahindra Bank were some of the other major gainers.
- ITC, Infosys, JSW Steel, Tech Mahindra and Tata Consultancy Services were the laggards.
Benchmark equity indices, the
The Nifty climbed 385 points or 1.80% to 21,737.60.
Among the Sensex firms, Reliance Industries jumped nearly 7%, contributing the most to the rally in markets.
Tata Motors, Power Grid, Larsen and Toubro, Kotak Mahindra Bank, NTPC, Titan and UltraTech Cement were the other major gainers.
ITC, Infosys, JSW Steel, Tech Mahindra and Tata Consultancy Services were the laggards.
In Asian markets, Seoul, Tokyo and Hong Kong settled in the positive territory while Shanghai ended lower.
European markets were trading mostly lower. The US markets had ended on a mixed note on Friday.
Global oil benchmark Brent crude declined 0.18% to USD 83.40 a barrel.
Markets were closed on Friday on account of Republic Day.
On Thursday, the BSE benchmark declined 359.64 points or 0.51% to settle at 70,700.67 points while the Nifty fell 101.35 points or 0.47% to 21,352.60 points.
Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 2,144.06 crore on Thursday, according to exchange data.