Indian equity benchmarks closed Friday’s trade on a higher note as banking stocks outperformed. The Nifty 50 closed the day 104 points or 0.41% higher at 25,285, and the Sensex jumped 329 points or 0.40% to end at 82,500.

Outperforming the benchmarks, the Nifty Bank settled 418 points or 0.74% higher at 56,610. The midcap stocks also surged in today’s trade. The BSE Midcap surged 164 points, or 0.36%, at 46,362.29. The BSE Smallcap finished 314 points or 0.59% higher at 53,378.57.

“Indian markets were hopeful of a steady Q2 FY26, especially in the IT services sector, while pricing in quarterly business updates across sectors. BSE IT index outperformed the other sectoral indices ahead of the Q2FY26 results. TCS reported better-than-expected c/c revenue growth, and the outlook f

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