Mumbai, 19 November. The Indian stock market looked green after a day due to buying in IT shares with hopes rising over the India-US trade agreement and both the benchmark indices closed with strong gains on Wednesday, the third day of the trading week. In this sequence, while BSE Sensex crossed the level of 85,000 with a gain of 513 points, NSE Nifty again crossed 26,000 points.

Sensex 85,186.47 closed on points

The 30-share sensitive index Sensex of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) closed at 85,186.47 points with a gain of 513.45 points or 0.61 percent. The opening index had slipped to 84,525.98 points compared to the previous evening, with a decline of about 30 points, but at one point before closing, it had climbed 563.75 points to 85,236.77 points. Among Sensex companies, shares of 20 remained strong while 10 saw a decline.

Nifty stood at 26,052.65 with a gain of 142.60 points.

On the other hand, Nifty, the standard index based on 50 shares of National Stock Exchange (NSE), rose by 142.60 points or 0.55 percent to reach 26,052.65 points. The index saw a low of 25,856.20 and a high of 26,074.65 during the day’s trading. Among Nifty companies, shares of 32 closed in the green and 17 were weak.

HCL Tech’s stock gained the most by 4.32 percent

Among the companies included in Sensex, HCL Tech’s stock registered the highest gain of 4.32 percent. Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Hindustan Unilever, Sun Pharma and Titan were also major gainers. In contrast, loss-making stocks include Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, Maruti, Adani Ports and Bajaj Finance.