It's a hay day at the markets today!

The Sensex and the Nifty are the best performing indices across Asia in mid-afternoon trade on Friday as traders latch on to bargains in a market that was till recently quoting at 13-month lows. The US Federal Reserve's move to postpone its hiking of interest rates has had a beneficial impact on stock prices at least for today. Here is a snapshot of the cash market on the National Stock Exchange, with a special focus on the Nifty.

BENCHMARK INDICES
Nifty jumped 136 points to 8,035
Sensex surged 446 to 26,410 points

BROADER INDICES
CNX 500 rose 1.6% to 6,673 points
CNX Mid Cap gained 1.1% to 12,835 points
CNX Small Cap jumped 1.9 to 5,115 points

SECTORAL INDICES
Bank Nifty soared 3.2% to 17,507 points
CNX PSU Bank jumped 3.3% to 3,169 points
CNX Realty leapt 3.5%to 173 points
CNX Pharma rose 0.9% to 12,731 points
CNX Finance jumped 3.1% to 7,141 points

TOP NIFTY GAINERS
Axis Bank
ICICI Bank
Bank of Baroda

TOP NIFTY LOSERS
Tata Motors
Hindustan Unilever
GAIL

TOP TRADED ON NSE
SKS Micro
Axis Bank
Reliance Industries

TOP VOLUME BUZZERS
Future Consumer Enterpises
CRISIL
Puravankara Developers

TOP 52-WEEK HIGHS
8K Miles
Pfizer
Apl Apollo Tubes

ADVANCE-DECLINE RATIOS:
Nifty: 42/8
Sensex: 24/6
Futures: 131/30
Broader Markets: 1,725/633

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