Indian equity market on Wednesday closed over 2% higher as investors cheered the government's ₹20 trillion stimulus package to revive the economy, which has come to a grinding halt due to the lockdown imposed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
The benchmark Sensex had gained as much as 1,474.36 points, or 4.7%, to 32845.48 intraday, while the Nifty 50 index climbed 387.95 points, or 4.2%, to 9,584.50 However, both Sensex and Nifty pared some intraday gains, ending 2% higher as investors awaited details of the package to be announced by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman at 4pm today. “The details of package are not yet available, key focus areas are likely to be MSME, infrastructure, taxation, easing of labour laws, etc." said