Updated On: 01 April, 2019 08:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Arun Kejriwal
The bulls had the better of the bears through March, with no signs of change through this month

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addresses a press conference as Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman looks on in New Delhi. Pic/PTI
The market juggernaut continued and inched closer to new life time highs on the BSESENSEX and NIFTY. Gaining on three of the five trading days and losing on the remaining two, BSESENSEX gained 508.30 points or 1.33 per cent to close at 38,672.91 points. NIFTY was up 167 points or 1.46 per cent to close at 11,623.90 points. The broader markets saw BSE100, BSE200 and BSE500 gain 1.53 per cent, 1.645 and 1.68 per cent respectively. BSEMIDCAP was up 2.67 per cent and BSESMALLCAP gained 1.82 per cent.
The top sectoral gainer was BSECONSUMER DURABLE up 3.09 per cent followed by BSE OIL&GAS up 3.08 per cent and BSEBANKEX 2.99 per cent. There were no sectoral losers but the one to rise the least was BSEAUTO up 0.14 per cent. In individual stocks the top gainer was India Bulls Housing up 17.76 per cent followed by Yes Bank 8.93 per cent, SBI 7.61 per cent and Bank of Baroda 7.20 per cent. The top loser was Eicher Motors down 4.23 per cent followed by Wipro 2.19 per cent and Hero Moto 1.92 per cent.