D-Street up for 7th session, Sensex reclaims 80,000

The NSE Nifty gained 0.67%, or 161.7 points, to finish at 24,328. The BSE Sensex moved 0.65% or 520.9 points higher at 80,116. Both indices have surged over 8.3% each in the past seven trading sessions. This is their longest winning run in a month.

In the face of global risks, MPC wanted to offer a stimulus

RBI had lowered the repo rate by 25 basis points for the second time in a row to 6% and changed its stance to ‘accommodative’ from ‘neutral’ on April 9. He hinted at further rate cuts by adding that “going forward too, considering the evolving growth-inflation trajectories, monetary policy needs to be accommodative.”