Stock market today, Feb. 4 -- The Indian stock market surged in morning trade on Tuesday, February 4, with broad-based buying pushing the benchmark Sensex up by over 700 points and the Nifty 50 reclaiming 23,500. The mid-and small-cap segments also saw strong gains, with the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices rising over 1 per cent each.

The Sensex opened at 77,687.60 against its previous close of 77,186.74 and jumped over 700 points to a level of 77,952. The Nifty 50 opened at 23,509.90 against its previous close of 23,361.05 and jumped almost 1 per cent to the level of 23,582.

Around 9:50 AM, the Sensex was 715 points, or 0.93 per cent, up at 77,902.25, while the Nifty 50 was 203 points, or 0.87 per cent, up at 23,563.80.

The BSE Midcap...