IT Earnings Fire Up the Tape — But Foreign Sellers and Rising VIX Flash Caution
A quality flight into IT heavyweights drove a sharp rally, but FIIs sold for a fifth straight session and India VIX climbed even on an up-day — a divergence the rally can't afford to ignore.
The session belonged to information technology. HCL Technologies surged 8.42% and TCS climbed 6.79%, hauling the Nifty 50 to 22364.15. Reports pegged the Sensex rebound at roughly 1,100 points — a dramatic reversal powered by IT earnings, the finance minister's tax remarks, and a rupee recovery after RBI intervention. Shriram Finance and Tech Mahindra joined the top movers, confirming this was a quality-and-weight rally, not scattered breadth.
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