RBI holds rates; Sensex gains 152 points in volatile session

Stock markets are places where people buy and sell small pieces of companies.

In India, the two most watched lists of companies are called the Sensex and the Nifty.

On Wednesday, the Sensex went up by 152 points, but it was a very up-and-down day, first rising and then falling before recovering.

The Nifty barely moved at all.

Around the same time, the Reserve Bank of India, which is like the bank for banks, decided to keep interest rates the same at 5.25 percent.

This was the fourth time in a row it kept rates unchanged.

The RBI wants to wait and see because a war in West Asia is making energy more expensive, which could push up prices.

The bank thinks India's economy will grow a bit faster this year, by about 6.7 percent.

A new way of setting closing stock prices also started this week, which made trading a little choppy.

In the end, investors bought more shares than they sold, so the market finished slightly higher.