The four-trading day week with a mid-week holiday on Wednesday because of Independence Day ended with small gains. What the final change for the week does not capture is that each of the four days saw a net change of close to 200 points on the BSESENSEX. The week began with a loss followed by gains and losses on alternate days to end with a gain of 78.65 points or 0.21 per cent at 37,947.88 points. NIFTY similarly ended with gains of 41.25 points or 0.36 per cent to end at 11,470.75 points. The broader indices saw the BSE100, BSE200 and BSE500 gain 0.43 per cent, 0.50 per cent and 0.40 per cent respectively. BSEMIDCAP was up 0.59 per cent while BSESMALLCAP was up 0.49 per cent.

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The top sectoral gainer was BSEHEALTHCARE, up 5.06 per cent followed by BSEIT 2.71 per cent and BSEFMCG 2.32 per cent. The top loser was BSEOIL&GAS down 2.23 per cent, followed by BSECAP GOOD 1.31 per cent and BSEMETAL 1.07 per cent. The top gainer in stocks was Sun Pharma up 11.18 per cent, followed by Lupin 8.08 per cent and then by an identical 6.31 per cent by GAIL and Dr Reddy's. The top loser was Hindustan Petroleum down 6.93 per cent, followed by BPCL 6.32 per cent and HDFC 4.83 per cent.