Indices end the day and week higher as FIIs return to the game
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Indices end the day and week higher as FIIs return to the game

By Reuters

  • 22 Jul 2022
Indices end the day and week higher as FIIs return to the game
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Markets closed at their highest level in seven weeks on Friday to record their best week since February 2021, led by a surge in banks, while foreign funds ploughed investments into equities.

Nifty rose 0.7% to 16,719.45, with Sensex recording a similar gain at 56,072.23. Both the indices hit their highest since June 3 and gained over 4% this week.

Nifty Bank rose 1.5%, while the auto index was up 0.4%.

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Banks and automobiles have been major drivers of the recent rally on the Nifty on the back of strong earnings. The bank index has climbed 9.9%, while the auto index is up around 8% in July.

"Equity markets seems to have received support from hope of peaking inflation amid decline in commodity prices and slowdown in foreign investor selling," said Shrikant Chouhan, Head of Equity Research (Retail) at Kotak Securities.

Analysts also highlighted that buying by foreign investors has helped indexes sustain gains.

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Foreign investors purchased a net $832.2 billion worth of Indian equities this week until Thursday, turning net buyers for the same period in 15 weeks, according to Refinitiv data.

Shares of Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals jumped 14.7% on strong June-quarter earnings, while Quick Heal Technologies rose 7% after approving a share buyback plan.

Shares of UltraTech Cement, India's largest cement maker, rose 5.4% after its June quarter profit beat analysts' estimates.

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Reliance Industries, India's most valuable company, closed up 0.7% ahead of its quarterly results later in the day.

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