Sameet Chavan, Chief Analyst, Technicals and Derivatives at Angel Broking, takes viewers through all the market action today. The Sensex and Nifty closed higher in trade today as investors widened their portfolios. While the Sensex rose 317 points to a fresh six-week high of 35,774, Nifty gained 81 points to 10,763. YES Bank (7.19%), ITC (2.77%) and Tata Motors (2.73%) were the top Sensex gainers.

ONGC (1.37%) , ICICI Bank (1.33%)  and SBI (0.72%)  were the top  Sensex losers.  Market breadth was marginally positive with 1327 stocks closing higher compared to 1275 ending lower on the BSE.

PNB Housing Finance was trading 0.89% lower, Indiabulls Housing Finance dipped 2.32%, Dewan Housing Finance rose 2.86%, Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services fell by 0.74 per cent, Ujjivan Financial Services declined 0.22 per cent and Shriram Transport Finance softened by 0.85% on the BSE.

The stock gained up to 6.9% to 204.50 on the BSE. The large cap stock has gained after three days of consecutive fall and opened with a gain of 2.74% at 196.55. It is the top Sensex and Nifty gainer today.  On Nifty, the stock rose 5.71% to 201.90.

In the past one month, several banks have hiked up interest rates for fixed deposits of less than Rs 1 crore, making them an attractive savings option.

Both benchmark indices - Sensex and Nifty - recorded their third straight weekly gains by rising 298.61 points and 97 points, respectively.

The stock has been losing for the last 3 days and has fallen 11.59% in the period. The large cap stock opened at a loss of 2.65% at 200.55 on BSE. The stock is trading below its 50-day and 200-day moving average of 213.78 and 316.58.

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While the Sensex gained 118 points or 0.34% to 35,260, the Nifty rose 0.38% or 40 points to 10,616 level.