Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: Nifty cools from highs; New India Assurance up 14%

Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: It is the second half of the day's trade, and the markets, despite having had a forgetable week are looking to close Friday on a high. At the halfway mark, the markets are trading higher.

The Nifty is trading just about 90 points higher, aiming the 24,000 mark. The Sensex is in a better spot, the index is up over 600 points, rising to 76,600.

For the Nifty 50 index, Thursday's high of 24,025 will be the first level to watch on the upside, while for the Nifty Bank, sustaining above 57,500 will be key. Oil prices remain near $96 a barrel. Block deals continue, with one likely in Gland Pharma today, while primary market action continues as well with the listing of ESDS.

There are two ends of the red and green spectrum so far. On one hand you have capital market stocks like BSE, Angel One and other trading higher, and the cable and wire stocks falling deeper.

Watch this space for all the LIVE stock market updates.