The stock market on Wednesday snapped the two-day losing streak and ended at a one-month high. Nifty 50 closed above 25,300 amid broad-based buying.

At close, the Sensex was up 575.45 points or 0.70% at 82,605.43, and the Nifty was up 178.05 points or 0.71% at 25,323.55. The BSE midcap index added one percent and the smallcap index jumped 0.7%.

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The overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms rose to nearly Rs 464 lakh crore from about Rs 460 lakh crore in the previous session.

Among the sectors, Nifty Realty clocked a strong gain of 3.04%. PSU Bank was up by 1.67%, Metal up by 1%, and FMCG by 1% clocking healthy gains. Nifty Bank rose 0.54% while Financial Services rose by 0.91%.

On Nifty50, around 38 stocks ended higher. These included Bajaj Finance up by 4.07%, N

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