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The Indian benchmark indices were volatile in early morning trade today (4th February 2022) after starting on a lower note as IT stocks traded weak in line with the US tech stock rout overnight. The BSE Sensex was up 50 points at 58,837, while the NSE Nifty was just 6 points higher at 17,567. Tata Steel was the top Sensex gainer, up 2 percent ahead of its Q3 earnings. Ultratech Cement, IndusInd Bank, HDFC Bank, power grid, Sun Pharma, Dr. Reddy's, L&T, SBI, and NTPC were the other gainers, up between 0.5-1.8 percent. On the flip side, Wipro, Titan, RIL, ITC, HCL Tech, TCS, Infosys, HUL, Maruti, Hero MotoCorp, and Tata Consumer were the top losers on the bourses. In the broader markets, the BSE MidCap index was marginally up by 0.05 percent, while the SmallCap index was trading 0.34 percent higher. Read more

In the Indian markets, benchmark indices today (13th January 2021)steadily held opening gains in early morning trade. The BSE Sensex was 115 points higher at 61,265, while the NSE Nifty was 37 points up at 18,250. On the Sensex, Tata Steel and PowerGrid were the leading gainers, up 3 percent each, followed by Sun Pharma, NTPC, ITC, L&T, and RIL. On the flip side, Wipro was the biggest loser, down 5 percent, after the company fell short of market expectation, as it’s net profit was up 1.3 percent on a quarter on quarter (QoQ) basis at Rs 2,969 crore for the third quarter ended December 2021 (Q3FY22). READ HERE. HDFC Bank, HCL Tech, M&M, Titan, Asian Paints, Axis Bank, and IndusInd Bank were the other notable losers. Read more

Equity markets clocked a gap-up start on the bourses today(12th Nov.2021) amid across-the-board buying. Besides, firm Asian cues also supported the sentiment on the Street. The S&P BSE Sensex was up 362 points, or 0.6 percent, in early deals at 60,281.5 levels while the Nifty50 quoted at 17,973-mark, up 100 points. Among individual stocks, Tata Steel added around 2 percent after the Tata Group company reported an 8-fold jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 11,918 crore in the September quarter. Sun Pharma, Kotak Bank, Nestle India, Tech M, Infosys, and HDFC were the other top gainers on the Sensex. Meanwhile, in the broader market, the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices added up to 0.65 percent. Read more

The Indian benchmark indices extended yesterday's decline today(29th Oct.2021) as well with the frontline S&P BSE Sensex sliding 743 points at 59,241 levels, while the Nifty50 at 17,676-mark, down 180 points. Only 2 constituents, Tata Steel and Asian Paints were trading in the green on the Sensex, while Bajaj Finserv, NTPC, IndusInd Bank, and L&T fewere leading the list of losers. In the broader markets, the BSE MidCap and SmallCap declined 1.5 percent and 1.8 percent, respectively. Dalal Street is witnessing an across-the-board sell-off with banks being the worst lot. The Nifty PSU Bank index is down 2.6 percent while the Nifty Bank index is trading over 2 percent lower. All other key sectoral indices were down up to 1 percent. Read more

The key benchmark indices gyrated between zones in trade day before firming up in the latter half of the trading session taking cues from the broader markets. The BSE Sensex opened marginally higher at 60,997 but soon jumped to a high of 61,405. The BSE index thereafter slipped into the negative zone on account of weakness in select index heavyweights only to bounce back in the green. Aggressive buying towards the fag end of the trading day, saw the Sensex jump to a high of 61,498, and finally, end 383 points higher at 61,350. The NSE Nifty moved in a range of 211 points, between a high of 18,310 and a low of 18,099, before settling with a gain of 143 points at 18,268. Read more

On Monday(20th Sept.2021) metal shares witnessed their biggest meltdown in recent times as a debt crisis at one of China’s biggest property developers, Evergrande, led to a global decline in industrial metals and ore prices. The BSE Metal index tumbled nearly 7 percent in trade in the last session. Naturally, the question arises that Should you enter the stocks at current levels or wait for them to turn cheaper? Tech charts suggest the latter seems to be a better option. Read more

Today (17th Sept.2021) financial stocks, along with RIL, ITC, and Tata Steel, fired upon the bourses, lifting Indian benchmark indices to fresh all-time highs. The BSE Sensex index hit a new pinnacle of 59,551 in early deals, up 400 points, while the Nifty50 claimed 17,747, up 118 points. Bajaj Finance (up 2.7%), SBI, ITC, Bajaj Finserv, Bharti Airtel, Kotak Bank, Maruti Suzuki, and Titan were the top gainers on the 30-share pack. Sectorally, the Nifty PSU Bank index jumped 1%, followed by the Nifty Bank index (0.8%) and the Nifty Financial Services (0.7%). Shares of Vodafone Idea continued their upward movement and were up 10 percent at Rs 12.37 on the BSE in the intra-day trade today. The stock has zoomed 39 percent in the past two trading days after the government announced a relief package for the telecom sector.

The metal index has risen 10 percent in the last five trading sessions, compared with a 0.3 percent decline in the Sensex. The performance of metal stocks has been impressive since the outbreak of Covid-19. Tata Steel has been a prime beneficiary of investors’ renewed interest in metal stocks. The steel major’s share price has risen 18 percent over the past week and it has added nearly Rs 27,000 crore to its market capitalisation. The company was among the top-performing large-cap stocks on Thursday and closed with gains of 6.9 percent. Hindalco was, however, the top index gainer on Thursday and was up 10.2 percent. Read more