Indian equity indices made a smart recovery on June 24, with the Nifty reclaiming the 24,000 mark , supported by strong buying in IT, realty and banking stocks. Easing concerns over disruptions to oil supplies after signs of de-escalation in the Middle East boosted investor sentiment.


At close, the Sensex was up 790.54 points or 1.04 percent at 76,991.22, and the Nifty was up 197.55 points or 0.83 percent at 24,021.65.

The broader indices underperformed the main indices with Nifty midcap index rising 0.10 percent and smallcap index gaining 0.4 percent.

Except Auto, Energy, Metal, Power, all other sectoral indices ended in the green with Information Technology and realty up 2% each, while Private Bank index up 1.8%.

Biggest Nifty gainers were Interglobe Aviation, Adani Enterprises, Tech Mahindra, Trent, Bajaj Finance, while losers included Bajaj Auto, NTPC, ONGC, Tata Steel and Bharat Electronics.

More than 140 stocks touched their 52-week high on the BSE, including KPR Mill, Aether Industries, Caplin Point Laboratories, Welspun Living, FSN E-Commerce Ventures (Nykaa), Apar Industries, ZF Commercial Vehicle Control Systems India, Aurobindo Pharma, Zydus Lifesciences, Gujarat Fluorochemicals, Laurus Labs and Schneider Electric Infrastructure, among others.

Among individual stocks, SIS shares added 3% as board to consider buyback proposal on June 29, IRFC share price shed 7% as Government of India is set to sell a 2% stake, Infosys share price added more than 2% on expanding multi-year collaboration with Nasdaq-listed GlobalFoundries.

Rashi Peripherals shares added 3.5% after company entered into definitive agreements to acquire a 67 percent stake in VDA Infosolutions, Shares of Pine Labs rose 7% after 41.9 lakh shares (0.40% equity) change hands in block deals.