New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- A relief rally, backed up by bargain hunting and positive global cues, lifted the Indian stock market on Friday.
The upmove lifted S&P BSE Sensex by over 800 points, ending the six-day losing streak.
Similarly, the Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange rose to close near the psychological 11,000 mark.
Investors took to bargain buying after the indices plunged around 3 per cent on Thursday, analysts said.
Healthy buying was witnessed across sectors led by IT, auto, banking and metal stocks.
The Sensex closed at 37,388.66, higher by 835.06 points, or 2.28 per cent, from its previous close of 36,553.60.
It had opened at 36,991.89 and touched an intra-day high of 37,471.17 and a low of 36,730.52 points.
The Nifty5...