Indian share markets ended near the highest point of the day on Wednesday led by banking and financial stocks mainly. But PSU Bank stocks came under a little pressure after the Supreme Court began hearing on the interest waiver case for the sixth-month loan moratorium period.

The BSE Sensex ended 403 points higher at 46,666 while the NSE Nifty 50 index rose 114 points to end at 13,682. Both benchmark indices registered new record highs.

The Nifty Realty index ended with gains of 5.1 percent to be the biggest single-day gain since August 27, this year. The index ended at a 10-month high. The other index that outperformed in today's session was the Nifty Metal index, which closed with gains of 1.8 percent and at the highest level since November 2018. This was the fifth consecutive day of gains for the Metal index. The Nifty Auto and Nifty Pharma index gained 1 percent each while the Nifty I.T. index rose 0.8 percent.

Broader markets outperformed in today's session. The Nifty Midcap index gained 1.1 percent while the Smallcap index ended 1 percent higher.

Major gainers today namely HDFC, Hindalco, Titan Company, Bharti Airtel, Divis Labs, while top losers were GAIL, ICICI Bank, NTPC, Tech Mahindra and UltraTech Cement.

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