Market Closing Bell: Sensex ends 295 points higher, Nifty tops 24,450 amid foreign inflows

Market Closing Bell: Equity benchmarks indices, Sensex and Nifty, ended Friday's session in the green. The Sensex slipped 252.19 points from the day's high to settle at 80,796.84, a gain of 294.85 points or 0.37 per cent from the previous close of 80,501.99. The Nifty 50 ended the session at 24,461.15, 114.45 points or 0.47 per cent higher than the previous close. During the day, it climbed 179.7 points or 0.73 per cent to 24,526.40. The Nifty had closed at 24,346.70 in the last session on Friday. It was a stock market holiday on Thursday, i.e. on May 1, on account of Maharashtra Day. 

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