Sensex jumps 2,000 points after Union Budget 2021-22
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The BSE Sensex soared over 2,000 points afternoon after FM Nirmala Sitharaman completed her first digital presentation of the Union Budget for FY21-22. Around 1.50 p.m., Sensex was trading at 48,346.88, higher by 2,061.11 points or 4.45 per cent from its previous close of 46,285.77 points. Banking and finance stocks surged after Sitharaman's third budget in which she announced that two public sector banks will be privatised