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78,275 on the Sensex — up about 511 points (+0.66%) by Monday midday — and the Nifty 50 near 24,425 (+154, +0.63%): equities extended a fourth straight weekly advance, but the leadership rotated out of last week’s technology winners and into realty, autos, oil & gas and defence.
The Nifty IT and media indices lagged even as the headline benchmarks rose, a reminder that breadth, not a single sector, is driving this leg. Axis Bank, HDFC Bank and Bharat Electronics topped the Nifty gainers; midcaps and smallcaps held slimmer gains of under 0.2%, keeping participation broad.
Rotation is the tell: money moving from IT into banks, autos and defence signals conviction in the broad cycle, not a momentum chase.
By the Numbers
- Sensex (midday): ~78,275 (+511 pts, +0.66%)
- Nifty 50 (midday): ~24,425 (+154 pts, +0.63%)
- Leading: Realty, Auto, Oil & Gas, Defence
- Lagging: IT, Media
The macro tailwinds are familiar: cooling crude, softer US jobs data lifting odds of earlier Fed easing, and SIP-fed domestic institutional flows that keep absorbing foreign selling and lowering the market’s beta to global risk. The near-term catalysts are Q1 earnings, now beginning, and India–US trade signals before July 24.
The structural story is unchanged — a widening domestic investor base channelling household savings into productive capital. Delivery on earnings will decide whether the rotation broadens or stalls.