Rising geopolitical uncertainty, a falling dollar and the growing speculative interest in commodities trading will keep crude prices volatile.
The NSE Nifty ended at 2,795, up 37 points. The market breadth was fairly positive - out of 2,589 stocks traded, 1,551 advanced and 930 declined on Wednesday.
Nifty opened in the red at 5,468 on back of lacklustre cues from Asia and swung between 5408 and 5507.
The NSE Nifty moved up 16 points at 4,539. Consumer durables and oil & gas stocks gained 1.7% and 1.4%, respectively, while IT stocks lost 0.3%. The market breadth was marginally positive - out of 2,674 stocks traded, 1,481 advanced, 1,109 declined, and 84 were unchanged.
Rising oil prices and inflation worries pushed the index into a negative zone to touch a day's low of 14,846 - down 726 points from its previous close. Realty, IT, banking and oil & gas stocks suffered the most today. The index recovered partially and touch a day's high of 15,203. The NSE Nifty ended (provisional) with a loss of 108 points at 4,520.
The market breadth was negative - out of 2,761 stocks traded, 1,115 advanced, 1,537 declined and 109 were unchanged on Thursday. The NSE Nifty shed 83 points to end at 4,835. Unabated selling in auto, banking and oil & gas stocks forced the index touch a low of 16,196 - down 470 points from previous close.
Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty closed higher on Friday after two days of fall, helped by buying in metal, telecom and auto stocks amid a firm trend in global markets. Automakers led by Maruti Suzuki India, Hyundai, Mahindra & Mahindra reporting robust wholesales of passenger vehicles and GST collections crossing Rs 1.50 lakh crore for the third straight month in May also added to the optimism. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 118.57 points or 0.19 per cent to settle at 62,547.11.
A fresh round of buying in FMCG scrips - Hindustan Unilever (HUL) and ITC - helped the index recover some loss and eventually end with a loss of 67 points at 18,048. The NSE Nifty slipped 26 points to close at 5,277 on Monday.
The NSE Nifty shut shop at 5,101, down 23 points.
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NSE Nifty is trading at 4,462, up 106 points.
The NSE index, Nifty, hogged the limelight on Monday as the index scaled a new all-time intra-day high of 4269. The index also settled at a record level of 4,261 -- up 46 points.
The NSE Nifty settled at 4,819, up five points. Among the sectoral indices, realty index slipped 2% to 4,317. Metal and bankex indices on the other hand gained over 1% each.
The NSE benchmark index touched a high of 4,825 and ended flat at 4,805. The market breadth turned negative towards the end of the day and could not change direction. Out of 2,882 shares traded, 1,285 advanced while 1,527 declined.
The Sensex opened marginally lower at 13,949 - down 17 points
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 42 points at 13,823.
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Telecom operator Bharti Airtel and IT major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) have joined hands to build a 5G-based remote working technology using robotics, according to a joint statement. TCS during the trials has successfully tested two use cases of its Neural Manufacturing solutions on Airtel's 5G testbed in Manesar - remote robotics operations, and vision-based quality inspection, the statement claimed. "The 5G ecosystem will open limitless possibilities for enterprises to enhance productivity and serve their customers even better with digitally enabled applications.
The markets opened in red in line with weak Asian peers.
The Sensex closed up 305.82 points or 2.32% at 13487.16, and the Nifty up 77.85 points or 2.07% at 3843.05.
India's corporate sector is likely to report a slowdown in revenue growth and earnings for the July-September 2023 period (Q2FY24), according to earnings estimates by brokerages, after the country's top listed companies posted higher than expected profits for the first quarter. The combined net profit of Nifty50 companies, based on brokerage estimates, is expected to have grown by 19.6 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) to Rs 1.75 trillion in Q2FY24 - a sharp deceleration from 37.6 per cent Y-o-Y growth in the combined earnings of index companies in the April-June 2023 period. According to estimates, the combined earnings in the second quarter would be down 8.8 per cent on a quarter-on-quarter (Q-o-Q) basis and the lowest in the past three quarters.
The NSE Nifty ended at 2,617, up 44 points. The market breadth turned negative towards the close - out of 2,520 stocks traded, 1,261 declined, 1,163 advanced and the rest were unchanged on Thursday.
The NSE Nifty ended at 3,039, down 39 points. The market breadth was marginally positive - out of 2,616 stocks traded, 1,275 advanced, 1,258 declined and the rest were unchanged on Monday.
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The NSE Nifty ended at 3,065, down 170 points. The market breadth was fairly negative - out of 2,588 stocks traded, 1,733 declined, 778 advanced and the rest were unchanged on Wednesday.
The Sensex opened 22 points higher at 10,617
The Sensex opened with a negative gap of 156 points at 12,900 on the back of negative cues from the global market. The index tried to recover but could only manage to touch a high of 13,001.
Reliance Infrastructure has gained nearly 2% at Rs 845. ACC, Larsen & Toubro and Mahindra & Mahindra are up around 1.5% each at Rs 602, Rs 2,539 and Rs 545, respectively.
Sensex opened with a negative gap of 325 points at 14,452. The index barely managed to touch a high of 14,484, and then started slipping deeper into red.
The index touched a day's low of 15,709 in morning trades, it recovered partially and touched a day's high of 15,985 due to buying in oil & gas sector. The market breadth was negative - out of 2,722 stocks traded, 1,817 declined, 847 advanced and 58 were unchanged on Tuesday. The NSE Nifty settled with a loss of 24 points at 4,716.
The index touched a day's high of 17,293 in noon deals. The Sensex finally ended with a gain of 13 points at 17,243. The market breadth was positive - out of 2,795 stocks traded, 1,710 advanced, 1,009 declined and 76 were unchanged on Wednesday. The NSE Nifty settled with a gain of 13 points at 5,118 points.
Market benchmark Sensex tumbled over 323 points after an intense last-hour sell-off on Wednesday, triggered by losses mainly in index heavyweights Infosys, Reliance and HDFC.
Equity benchmark Sensex slumped over 1,000 points to sink below the 55,000-level on Friday, tracking deep losses in IT, finance, banking and energy stocks amid widespread selling in the global markets. A weak rupee, surging crude prices and relentless foreign capital outflows further weighed on sentiment, traders said. The 30-share BSE index ended 1,016.84 points or 1.84 per cent lower at 54,303.44.
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 145 points at 15,840. It finally closed with a gain of 113 points (0.72%) at 15808. BHEL moved up 3.7% to Rs 1,830. L&T added 3.6% at Rs 2,774. Reliance Energy gained 2% at Rs 1,281.Reliance advanced over 3% to Rs 2,550. Satyam, SBI, Hindalco, M&M and RCom also finished with gains. Ambuja Cements, Infosys, ICICI Bank, HUL and ITC declined. Reliance was the most active counter with a turnover of Rs 361 cr followed by Reliance Petroleum.
Starting with a family, which had a dealership of Bajaj Auto's scooters, to becoming the owner of a household name in consumer appliances who could afford to have Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan as the brand ambassador, Venugopal Dhoot's is a story of an aggressive small town businessman's pursuit to be on the top. Now arrested in connection with the ICICI Bank loan fraud case, Venugopal Dhoot during his heydays was not the one to simply sit on small achievements like Videocon becoming the largest television set manufacturer in India.
Having opened with a huge positive gap of 128 points at 15,772 and moved up to a high of 15,834 in morning deal, the Sensex dropped to 15,298 - an intra-day swing of 536 points. It finally closed with a marginal loss of 18 pts at 15,627. BHEL, L&T, M&M, Wipro, Tata Steel, Bharti, ICICI Bank & Infosys were major losers. HUL, ITC, Reliance, ONGC & Reliance Energy were major gainers. GSS America was the most active counter with a turnover of Rs 468cr followed by Reliance Capital
The Sensex touched a high of 15,798, and finally ended with a gain of 403 points (2.6%) at 15,760. The NSE Nifty was up 122 points at 4,746. The BSE Realty index surged 4.8% to 7,713. New entrant Jaiprakash Associates soared nearly 8% to Rs 236. Reliance Energy, DLF, ICICI Bank, Satyam, Reliance Communications, TCS, Infosys & Tata Steel were gainers on Friday. Bharti Airtel, M&M, Ambuja Cements & Maruti were notable losers. Reliance Natural Resources topped the value charts.
Reliance led the rally today with a gain of nearly 3% (Rs 83) at Rs 2,986. ICICI Bank advanced nearly 5% (Rs 57) to Rs 1,285. L&T gained 4.5% (Rs 183) to Rs 4,244.
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