Bharti Airtel surged 3.82 per cent to Rs 1,620. Sun Pharma advanced 2.87 per cent to Rs 1,784 while Mahindra & Mahindra added 2.32 per cent to Rs 2,963 apiece. Larsen & Toubro, RIL and JSW Steel gained up to 2 per cent.

The Nifty 50 ended the session with a gain of 0.91%, closing at 24,131, while the Sensex rallied by 0.91%, finishing at 79,760. However, the broader markets underperformed the benchmark indices.

Angel One, Adani Green, BSE, Delhivery, Jio Financial, LIC, Lodha, Nykaa, Paytm, PF Fintech, SJVN and Zomato among 45 new stocks to start trading in the F&O segment from today.

Infosys fell 2.86 per cent to Rs 1,869.16. Tech Mahindra, HCL Tech and TCS fell 2.68 per cent, 1.91 per cent and 1.42 per cent, respectively. M&M fell 2.52 per cent to Rs 2,934.7. The auto major recently unveiled of two electric SUV models.

After the Indian benchmark indices ended the day on a negative one on Tuesday, the early Gift Nifty movement indicated a good start on.

Benchmark Indian equity indices, the BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50, settled higher by over 2 per cent each on Friday.

The two key equity benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty, on Friday rebounded following buying in frontline stocks Bharti Airtel and Reliance Industries. The Sensex rallied 759 points, while Nifty closed above 24,

Following a sharp drop in the Nifty at 23,914, down 1.49% on Thursday, as a result of the monthly F&O expiry and weak global signals, the early Gift Nifty movement suggests that the Indian stock market would start the day on a positive note on Friday.

According to the exchange data, Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) sold equities amounting to Rs 11,756.25 crore and Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) bought equities amounting to Rs 8,718.30 crore respectively on the previous trading day.