Union Budget 2021: Sensex rises nearly 900 points, NSE Nifty at 13,900 levels

The stock market is continuously cheering the big infrastructure projects, disinvestment and other investment-related initiatives announced by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Union Budget 2021 speech on Monday. The BSE Sensex shot up around 902 and hit 47,188 levels while the NSE Nifty hit 13,866 logging 251 points intraday gain. Sensex surged nearly 443 pts to 46,728.83 in opening trade ahead of Union Budget presentation, while the Nifty traded at 114.85 points at 13,749.45.