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On Friday, the Indian market continued its upward trend, marking the third consecutive day of gains. The S&P BSE Sensex surged by over 1,600 points, while the Nifty50 closed just below the 23,300 level.

It was a turbulent week in the market as investors went through a whirlwind of emotions. There was an initial surge in optimism after the exit polls, followed by a sharp downturn on election results day, and then a remarkable rebound. The bounce-back after the election results led to a significant recovery across various sectors, with 85 small-cap stocks registering double-digit gains for the week.

Before its initial public offering (IPO) set to open for subscription on Monday, Le Travenues Technology, the company behind the travel platform Ixigo, is seeing its shares trade at a premium of Rs 25 in the unlisted market.

​Bulls returned to Dalal Street with full force on Friday, as the Sensex closed over 1,600 points higher, reaching a new all-time high, while the Nifty 50 advanced over 468 points. Both indices successfully erased all losses from June 4.

​ Saudi Arabia placed over half of an $11.2 billion share sale in Aramco with foreign investors, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Saturday. Saudi Arabia has been seeking to lure international investment to pour tens of billions of dollars into projects to diversify away from its reliance on oil. Yet foreign investment has repeatedly missed targets.

The Nifty index closed the week with a 3.6% increase amidst two significant occurrences: the highly anticipated election results and the monetary policy decision by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). As trading resumes on Monday, a range of significant domestic and international events scheduled throughout the holiday-shortened week are expected to influence market movements.

I believe that with the RBI having given the government more than one lakh additional surplus, I think there is a lot of room for manoeuvre and to announce all these projects.

There was uncertainty when the counting was happening. So, most of the bags moved to the defensive sector and in the defensive sector FMCG, pharma, these two pockets were majorly focused by the market participants.

Foreign portfolio investors were as unenthusiastic in June so far, as they were in April and May when they offloaded shares worth Rs 38,158 crore. Domestic institutional investors, however, continued to repose their faith in D-Street and remained on the buying side.