Sensex jumps by 1,078 points after FM’s speech; Nifty nears 18,000

Sensex jumped by 1,078 points after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget speech in Parliament. The National Stock Exchange index Nifty too rose to inch towards the 18,000 mark.

Earlier in the day, the Bombay Stock Exchange index had jumped by 640 points amid the finance minister’s speech.