Indian Stock Market Rises: Sensex and Nifty Close Higher
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India's stock market went up today. The Sensex is a group of top company shares. It closed at 77,656 points. This is 287 points higher than before.
The Nifty is another important stock group. It closed at 24,335 points. This is 116 points higher.
IT and pharma shares did very well today. IT means computer and technology companies. Pharma means medicine companies.
IndiGo is an airline company. Its share price went up by 2%.
Foreign investors bought many shares today. This helped the market grow. Foreign investors are people from other countries who buy shares.
The stock market had good energy today. People felt happy about the market's growth.
Vocabulary15 words
- stock market
- a place where people buy and sell parts of companies
- Sensex
- a number that shows how top Indian companies are doing
- Nifty
- another number that shows how many Indian companies are doing
- IT
- computer and technology work
- pharma
- medicine and health companies
- IndiGo
- a big airline company in India
- foreign investors
- people from other countries who buy shares
- shares
- small parts of a company that people can buy
- points
- numbers used to show market changes
- closed
- ended for the day
- buying
- when people pay money to get something
- market
- a place where people buy and sell things
- company
- a business that sells goods or services
- higher
- more than before
- energy
- a feeling of activity or excitement
Quiz
Answer key
1. 77,656 2. IT and pharma 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
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India's stock market went up today. The Sensex closed at _____ points. This is _____ points higher than before.
The Nifty closed at _____ points. This is _____ points higher.
_____ and _____ shares did very well today.
IndiGo's share price went up by _____.
_____ investors bought many shares today. This helped the market grow.