At 11.30 am on Tuesday, the core equity indices i.e., Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading in the green as the Union Budget Day finally arrived. The Sensex was at 58,695.38 up by 674.54 points or 1.16 per cent, while Nifty was at 17,531 up by 191 points or 1.08 per cent from the last trading session.   

Benchmark indices Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex rose sharply on January 31 driven by short-covering ahead of the Union Budget presentation on February 1. The BSE Sensex closed in green at 58,014.17 jumping by 1.42 per cent. Similarly, the BSE MidCap also rose by 426 points to a level of 24,613 points i.e. by 1.76 per cent. The BSE SmallCap index also surge by 286 points and landed at 29,226 levels up by 0.99 per cent.  

On Monday, the frontline equity indices, i.e., Sensex and Nifty ended on a higher note, a day before the announcement of the Union Budget 2022. 

At close, the Sensex was up by 813.94 points or 1.42 per cent at 58,014.17 and the Nifty was up by 237.90 points or 1.39 per cent at 17,339.85.