The Indian markets opened on a positive note today (13th Oct.2021), with benchmark indices scaling new peaks in opening trades, on the back of better-than-expected CPI September Inflation and August Industrial Output data. The headline inflation dropped to a 8-month low at 4.35 per cent, while the IIP grew at 11.9 per cent. The BSE Sensex opened with a positive gap of 336 points at 60,620, and was quoted at 60,505 at 09:17 AM. The NSE Nifty touched a high of 18,099 in opening deals, and was up 83 points at 18,075.
Tata Motors zoomed 15 per cent to Rs 483.90 on the BSE after the company secured funding up to Rs 7,500 crore from TPG for its electric vehicle arm. This is the first major fundraising by an Indian carmaker to push mobility.
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