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Indiaâs Nifty 50 crosses 22,000 to hit record high, Wipro leads tech rally
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Investing.com– India’s Nifty 50 index hit record highs on Monday, breaching the 22,000 level as index heavyweight Wipro (NYSE:) led a rally in technology stocks on stronger-than-expected earnings.
The rose 0.6% to 22,021 points, while the index rose 0.7% to a record high of 73,095.56 points by 10:28 AM IST (04:58 GMT).
Technology stocks were the biggest boost to both indexes, led chiefly by Wipro Ltd (NS:) after the firm clocked stronger-than-expected earnings in the December quarter. Wipro jumped about 6% and was the top performer on the Nifty.
Other tech majors also advanced, with HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:), Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:) and Infosys Ltd (NS:) rising between 0.9% and 2.5%. Infosys and TCS had clocked better-than-feared earnings last week, while HCL’s quarterly profit also beat expectations.
Tech Mahindra is set to report its quarterly earnings on January 24.
Strong tech earnings set a positive tone for the December-quarter earnings season, while sentiment towards India was also aided by a softer-than-expected reading on on Friday.
Strength in tech stocks helped the Nifty extend a stellar rally from 2023, as investors piled into the Indian market on growing optimism over strong economic growth in the country. The Nifty grew 20% in 2023 and was among the best-performing global stock indexes.
A bulk of the Nifty’s recent outperformance was also linked chiefly to India’s economic growth rate, which is the fastest among major global economies. grew 7% in the third quarter of 2023, with annual GDP also forecast to grow by a similar margin.
Private consumption and a strong services sector have been the two key drivers of the Indian economy in recent years- a trend that has also attracted a heavy dose of foreign buying into local markets.
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