Wednesday Market has ended on a firm note with Nifty closed above 8200, up 82.35 points at 8224.50 and the Sensex was up at 26652.81 with 258.80 points supported by strong global cues on upbeat US growth news.
ICICI Bank, Maruti, L&T, SBI and HDFC Bank were top gainers, while GAIL, Lupin and Cipla slipped 1.16 per cent, 0.91 per cent and 0.45 per cent, respectively.
Among macro economic data, India's GDP for the quarter ended September 2016 is slated to be released today. Fitch Ratings also lowered India’s Gross Domestic product growth predict for this fiscal to 6.9 percent from 7.4 percent, due to economic activity post demonetization.