{"id":50061,"date":"2026-03-17T16:28:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T10:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flattrade.in\/kosh\/?p=50061"},"modified":"2026-03-17T16:38:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:08:38","slug":"indian-equity-indices-ended-the-session-positive-except-fmcg-and-it-all-other-sectors-ended-in-green-broader-market-indices-also-increased","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flattrade.in\/kosh\/indian-equity-indices-ended-the-session-positive-except-fmcg-and-it-all-other-sectors-ended-in-green-broader-market-indices-also-increased\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian equity indices ended the session positive; Except FMCG and IT all other sectors ended in green; Broader market indices also increased"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Indian equity benchmarks extended the previous session\u2019s momentum on March 17, with the Nifty 50 closing comfortably above 23,550, amid buying across the sectors barring FMCG and IT names.<\/p>

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Sensex \u2193\u2191 up 567.99 points or 0.75 percent at 76,070.84
Nifty \u2191 up 172.35 points or 0.74 percent at 23,581.15.<\/p>

About 2252 shares advanced, 1820 shares declined, and 138 shares unchanged.<\/p>

Top gainer – Eternal, Tata Steel, M&M, HDFC Life, and Bharat Electronics<\/p>

Top losers – Wipro, Tata Consumer, Infosys, Cipla, ITC.<\/p>

Among sectors, except FMCG ( down 0.7%) and IT (down 1%), all other indices ended in the green with capital goods, telecom, auto, infra, media, metal, realty, and private bank up 1-2 percent.<\/p>

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Redington<\/b><\/strong><\/p>

Redington shares dropped almost 2 percent on Tuesday after the company said operations of its arm in the Gulf region are being carried out in a restricted manner due to ongoing geopolitical tensions. The shares have been falling for the past five trading sessions and have dropped more than 12 percent during this period.<\/p>

Fractal Analytics<\/b><\/strong><\/p>

Fractal Analytics shares rose about 3.6 percent on Tuesday after the company announced the launch of LLM Studio, an enterprise platform aimed at enabling GenAI customisation using NVIDIA NeMo and NVIDIA NIM Microservices.<\/p>

MTAR Technologies<\/b><\/strong><\/p>

Defence shares gained over 5.5 percent on March 17 after falling for four consecutive sessions as Pakistan launched airstrikes on Afghanistan\u2019s capital on Monday night, triggering a fresh exchange of accusations between the neighbors and raising the risk of a major escalation.<\/p>

Shree Renuka<\/b><\/strong><\/p>

Sugar stock Shree Renuka, along with others, rose to over 1 percent on March 17, a day after the food ministry approved an additional export quota of 87,587 tonnes of sugar for the 2025-26 marketing year (October-September), following requests from sugar mills.<\/p>

Eternal<\/b><\/strong><\/p>

Shares of Eternal Ltd, the parent of Zomato and Blinkit, emerged as the top market gainer on March 17 amid value buying and a brokerage seeing up to 80% upside in the next 12 months. Eternal shares fell 40% from their recent highs, and investors saw value in the stock again as it climbed over 5.59 percent on March 17.<\/p>

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