New Delhi, Dec. 20 -- The Indian stock market on Friday halted the four-day losing streak amid buying across the sectors with Nifty closing above 25,900.
At close, the Sensex was up 447.55 points or 0.53 percent at 84,929.36, and the Nifty was up 150.85 points or 0.58 percent at 25,966.40.
The mid and small-cap segment clocked stronger gains with the BSE Midcap index jumped 1.26% while the Smallcap index rose by 1.25%.
The overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms jumped to over Rs 471 lakh crore from Rs 465.8 lakh crore in the previous session.
Among the sectoral performances, most of the indices ended higher. Nifty Realty, Auto, and Healthcare jumping over 1% while Nifty Oil and Gas and Pharma also jumped by almost 1% each.
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