Stock Market today, March 20 -- The domestic benchmark indices, Nifty 50 and Sensex, began the day on a positive note on Thursday, driven by the performance of information technology stocks after the US Federal Reserve upheld its rate-cut outlook for the remainder of the year despite existing tariff concerns.

In early trading, the Sensex increased by 478.13 points to reach 75,927.18, while the Nifty 50 gained 149.1 points, climbing to 23,056.70.

Dr. V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services, pointed out that the Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates steady and its forecast of lower growth at 1.7% along with higher inflation at 2.8% for 2025 are in line with expectations. More importantly, the ...