New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- Indian stock market witnessed solid buying interest in intraday trade on Friday, December 19, even as the Bank of Japan (BoJ) hiked interest rate and signalled there could be more hikes in the near future. The Sensex jumped nearly 600 points to an intraday high of 85,067, while the Nifty 50 reclaimed 25,991 on the upside. Gains were broad-based as the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices rose over half a per cent each during the session. Buying across segments lifted the overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms to Rs.470 lakh crore from Rs.466 lakh crore in the previous session, making investors richer by about Rs.4 lakh crore in a single session.

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