Stock market today, March 20 -- Indian indices - Sensex and Nifty50 - started the day on a positive note on Thursday. This uptick followed the US Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates unchanged as anticipated while signaling two rate cuts later this year.

The Sensex surged by more than 850 points, while the Nifty 50 climbed to 23,179 during the session.

"Equity market surged for the third straight session with Nifty ending higher by 0.3% at 22,908 level. Nifty Midcap100 and Smallcap100 witnessed strong buying interest, closing with gains of over 2.5% each. Key factors driving the market include FII buying of Rs1,463 crores into Indian equities after 17 continuous sessions of selling and softness in the US dollar index. Among...