Stock Market LIVE: Benchmarks off highs; Sensex up 250 pts, Nifty 100 pts; Nifty SmallCap gains 1% | News on Markets

Stock Markets LIVE on Friday, August 16: Benchmarks Nifty50 and Sensex continued to trade higher. BSE Sensex was up 323.44 points or 0.41 per cent higher at 79,429.32 levels while Nifty50 was up 103.65 points or 0.43 per cent at 24,247.40 levels. 

TCS, M&M, Tata Motors were the top gainers while Maruti, NTPC, Titan were the top laggards on BSE.

Similarly, on NSE, Wipro, LTIM, Shriram Finance were the gainers while HDFC Life, SBI Life, Titan were the top laggards.

Broader markets were buzzing in trade. Nifty SmallCap rose 0.9 per cent while MidCap was trading 0.65 per cent higher.

Sectorally, Nifty IT was the top gainer, up 1.64 per cent, closely followed by Realty (up 1.58 per cent).