Maruti, Bajaj Auto, Tata Motors, Ranbaxy, Dr Reddy's, ONGC, Hindalco, Reliance, HLL, ITC up. BPCL, ICI India and Kotak Bank dip.
Following yesterday's smart move the Sensex opened with a positive gap of 15 points at 5,248. The index is now at 5,253 - 20 points
The Sensex opened on a flat note at 4,802. It is now down 22 points at 4,780.
The Sensex opened on a flat note at 4,452. It is now up six points at 4,459.
The 30-share BSE Sensex opened above the 9500 level and is now up 98 points at 9563. Nifty is up 28 points at 2912.
Ten of top 15 companies in 1991 were PSUs; now, there are only six. Their revenue share has also fallen from 86% to 45%
In power, Mamata Banerjee has tried to bury the ghost of the past, but it might still be work-in-progress. Big-ticket and eye-grabbing (in terms of investment size) projects are still few and far between, reports Ishita Ayan Dutt.
Of these, three stocks belong to the automobile pack and two are from the pharma.
The biggest gainers on both the bourses were Reliance Industries, Infosys, NTPC, ONGC, HUL, PowerGrid, Asian Paints, ITC and HCL Tech, rising up to 2 per cent.
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The Sensex was mainly dragged by Reliance Industries, HDFC, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and SBI, which lost up to 3.35 per cent.
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Coal India was the biggest gainer on both Sensex and Nifty
Owing to the poor market conditions and tepid sentiments, the size of the show has shrunk compared to the last edition, which took place in 2018. A majority of the two-wheeler makers, and several car and commercial vehicle makers, have opted out of this year's show, which opens for the media on Wednesday.
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Reliance Industries, Infosys and Tata Motors were the top contributors
India Inc raised $2.78 billion from overseas markets in October this year, up 44 per cent from a year ago, according to the Reserve Bank data released on Friday.
On Monday, the biggest gainers in the Sensex pack were Sun Pharma, Bajaj Finance, Vedanta, Yes Bank, Tata Motors, HCL Tech, IndusInd Bank and Kotak Bank, HCL Tech, Infosys and Bajaj Auto.
The cumulative m-cap of the companies listed on the BSE soared to a new peak of Rs 82,02,907 crore at 1200 hours.
HCL Tech and ONGC were the top gainers in the Sensex, rising up to 3.40 per cent.
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Among the Sensex constituents, Larsen and Toubro emerged as the top performer with a gain of 2.76 per cent after the company announced winning large contracts from domestic clients.
Earlier in May, Ford India announced that it had dropped its plans to make electric vehicles (EVs) in India, which it intended to export, under the production-linked incentive scheme (PLI). Ford was among 20 companies that had signed a Champion OEM Incentive Scheme under the PLI project with the government in February this year. The decision comes as a blow for the 4,000-odd employees at Ford India's Maraimalai Nagar plant near Chennai and in Sanand, Gujarat. In September last year, the company had announced that it would exit the India market, which it had entered in 1995 through an on-again, off-again joint venture with Mahindra & Mahindra (they split in 1998, signed a JV in 2019 and split again in December 2020), retailing petrol and diesel brands such as the EcoSport, Figo, Aspire, and Endeavour.
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The Sensex and the Nifty had touched a low of 27,921 and 8,349 respectively.
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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.
Banking shares saw a renewed buying interest on the hopes of a rate-cut by the central bank post the easing of macro-economic data.
ICICI Bank was the top loser after the private lender reported sharp drop in Q4 net.
Top gainers include Yes Bank, HUL, Vedanta, NTPC, Bharti Airtel, Adani Ports, PowerGrid and Tata Motors, rising up to 5 per cent.
Midcap stocks continued to remain on buyers' radar with BSE Midcap index up 0.1%.
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Net profits may dip 4.9% y-o-y, but the silver lining is that performance may be better than the preceding quarter
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TCS created wealth worth Rs 3,458 billion for the period 2010-15.
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