Four out of five sessions this week saw Indian markets registering a record high closing. On Friday, the benchmark indices jumped to fresh levels — Nifty above 17300 and Sensex over 58100, led by the index heavyweight Reliance Industries, which ended over 4 per cent higher at the close.

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The BSE Sensex soared over 277 points or 0.5 per cent to 58130, while Nifty50 gained over 89 points or 0.5 per cent to 17323 levels at the market close on Friday. While the mid-cap index following the benchmarks suite, also grew by 143 points or 0.5 per cent higher to 29060 levels at the close today.   

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While Nifty Bank tried to drag the benchmark down as the index declined by over 70 points or 0.19 per cent to 36,761.15 levels, mainly led by HDFC Bank.            

Out of 50 scrips on Nifty50, 32 advanced, 17 declined and SBI Life remained unchanged at the market close on Friday. Reliance Industries became the top gainer today, surging by over 4 per cent, followed by ONGC up 4 per cent, and Coal India grew by 3.5 per cent at the market close.

Other stocks that helped the market to end positive are Titan, IOC, Hero MotoCorp, BPCL and Eicher Motors each soared between 2-3 per cent at the market close today.

On the contrary, HDFC Life tried to drag the market most, declining by over 3 per cent, followed by Cipla, Bharti Airtel, HUL each declined by over 1 per cent at the close on Friday. Similarly, HDFC, HDFC Bank, IndusInd Bank, UltraTech Cement, Tata Consumers and Axis Bank also declined.

Almost all the sectoral indices closed in the green, except for the Nifty FMCG along with banking and financial services stock on the last day this week. While Nifty Metal and IT continued to be the most gaining sector in a record high market on Friday.