Top Gainers:

• Sunpharma was up by 1.61 per cent.
• Zomato rose by 0.98 per cent.
• Indus Ind Bank opened with an increase of 0.79 per cent.
• M&M increased by 0.49 per cent.
• Larsen&Toubro (L&T) rose by 0.45 per cent.

Top Losers:

• Reliance shares was down by 0.08 per cent.
• Bajaj Finserv saw a down of 0.13 per cent.
• Tech M saw a reduction of 0.21 per cent.
• HLC Tech also fell by 0.15 per cent.
• ITC shares were down by 0.17 per cent.

The gainers and losers data is accurate as of 9:22 am.

Notably, at the exact time of market opening, both Sensex and Nifty saw an increase of 113 and 37 points respectively.

The update comes just ahead of finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presenting the Union Budget 2025 in the Parliament on Saturday at 11 am. This is the finance minister’s record eighth consecutive budget and the second full-budget of the Modi 3.0 government.

Notably, the Indian share market remained open despite it being a Saturday due to the Budget presentation in the Parliament and to give the markets enough reaction time for the same.

On January 31, 2025, the stock market rallied towards the close, the fourth straight close in the green this week. The share market was led by consumer durables, mid and small cap financial services, real estate and oil and gas stocks.

The Sensex closed 740.76 points or 0.97% up, reaching 77,500.57. The Nifty was up by 258.90 points or 1.11%, reaching 23,508.40.