New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- The Indian stock market extended gains on Tuesday supported by broad-based buying across sectors. At close, the Sensex was up 173.81 points or 0.21% at 83,450.96, and the Nifty was up 42.65 points or 0.17% at 25,725.40. Nifty Midcap index also rose 0.3% and small cap index added 0.5%.
Among the sectors, most indices ended positive. Nifty PSU Bank was up 2.11%, and IT up by 1.03%. Nifty FMCG was up by 0.90% and Consumer Durables up by 0.66%. Further, Nifty Bank closed 0.37% higher, while the private Bank index ended flat.
The top gainers on Nifty50 were Adani Enterprises (2.67%), ITC (2.36%), BEL (2.02%), Infosys (1.87%), and Larsen & Toubro (1.86%). On the losing side were Kwality Wall's (India) down by 5%, Hindalco ...