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Markets defy macros, April sees best monthly gains in nearly 11 years

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MUMBAI: The performance of Indian stock markets in April has defied weak macroeconomic conditions and low business activities following the covid-19 outbreak.

Despite threats of a looming global recession and estimates of low gross domestic product growth in India, stock markets jumped over 14% in April, their best monthly performance since September 2009.

Benchmark Sensex gained 14.42% and Nifty rallied 14.68%, while the BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap indices rose 13.66 and 15.54%, respectively, in April.

Sensex and Nifty were down 23% in March. On Thursday, BSE Sensex ended at 33,717.62, up 997.46 points or 3.05%, while the Nifty was at 9,859.90, up 306.55 points or 3.21%.

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