New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- The Indian stock market benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, rallied 1% each on Friday, as the Economic Survey 2025 report was presented in the Parliament today. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey report in the Lok Sabha today ahead of the presentation of Union Budget 2025-2026 on Saturday, 1 February 2025.

On Friday, the Sensex rallied as much as 1.03% to a high of 77,549.92, while the Nifty 50 surged 1.21% to a high of 23,530.70. The benchmark Sensex has jumped almost 2,000 points in the past four sessions in the run up to the Budget 2025 announcement.

The stock market rally got steam after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech outside the Parliament, which spurred expectations of a...