Stock market today, Jan. 30 -- Following mixed global market sentiments, the Indian stock market witnessed considerable correction in the early morning session on Thursday. However, bulls showed strong resilience against bears, and the key benchmark indices bounced back strongly from lower levels, finishing with sizeable gains. The Nifty 50 index gained 76 points and closed at 25,418, the BSE Sensex ended 221 points upside at 82,566, whereas the Bank Nifty index finished 359 points higher at 59,957.

After a strong correction ahead of the market close on Thursday, gold and silver rates today saw strong buying in early morning deals. The COMEX gold rate today opened with an upside gain and touched an intraday high of $5,480.05/oz. At 6:40 ...