NEW DELHI: Equity indices surged on Thursday with the benchmark BSE sensex rising over 800 points amid hopes that the Centre may announce more measures to boost the economy shaken by coronavirus. Sensex jumped 836 points or 2.80 per cent to 30,730; while the broader NSE Nifty moved 234 points or 2.68 per cent up to 8,983.
Top gainers in the BSE pack included HDFC, ICICI Bank, ONGC, Tech Mahindra, Axis Bank and Hero MotorCorp with their stocks rising as much as 3.64 per cent. On NSE, all the sub-indices were trading in green with Nifty Pharma and Financial Services up as muc