Stock market today, April 21 -- The Indian stock market rallied on Monday, extending its bull run to the fifth consecutive session, led by heavy buying in banks, IT, energy and auto stocks. The benchmark Sensex jumped more than 1,000 points, or 1.3%, while the Nifty 50 surpassed the 24,000 level. Rally in banking stocks fuelled the Bank Nifty index to hit record highs.

Sensex jumped 1,056.56 points to an intraday high of 79,609.76, while the Nifty 50 gained 333.9 points to a high of 24,185.55. Bank Nifty index surged 1,163.35 points, or 2.14%, to hit a record high of 55,453.55. Broader markets supported the rally as the Nifty Midcap 100 index and the Nifty Smallcap 100 index rallied over 2% each.

Among sectors, Nifty PSU Banks, Nifty Pr...