The stock market on Wednesday witnessed healthy buying for the third consecutive session with Sensex rising 600 points and the Nifty 50 reclaiming 25,850.

At close, the Sensex was up 595.19 points or 0.71% at 84,466.51, and the Nifty was up 180.85 points or 0.70% at 25,875.80.

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Broader indices also performed inline with the main indices with Nifty Midcap hitting fresh 52-week high of 61,011, while Smallcap index rose 0.8%.

The overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms rose to Rs 473.6 lakh crore from Rs 468.9 lakh crore in the previous session.

Among the sectors, Nifty IT emerged as the top performer, gaining 2.04%. It was followed by Nifty Auto, Nifty Pharma, and Nifty Consumer Durables, which each advanced over 1%. While on the downside, Nifty Realty was the top

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