Extending their winning streak to the seventh consecutive session, the benchmark indices gained more than 1 percent to hit record levels for the second consecutive session on Tuesday. Investor confidence got a big boost after Pfizer said its experimental Covid-19 vaccine was more than 90 percent effective based on the …
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The Indian stock market closed Tuesday up 1 percent, supported by favorable global signals, ahead of the outcome of the US presidential election. Analysts say that while predicting the outcome of the election is more difficult than never a victory for Democratic candidate Joe Biden will be good for emerging …
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Indian markets were unable to sustain their slight recovery in midday trading and fell half a percent, before the October series derivatives contracts expired. The S&P BSE Sensex was trading around 39,700 levels, down 220 points. The index hit an intraday low of 39,524. Meanwhile, the broader Nifty50 index hovered …
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The national stock market closed about 1 percent higher on Tuesday, led by gains in financial and consumer goods stocks. Also, hopes for higher inflows after Morgan Stanley Capital Investment (MSCI) said it will implement the new regime on foreign ownership limits (FOL) on MSCI global indices containing Indian stocks …
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A healthy buying of select auto, technology and bank stocks helped benchmark indices settle in the green on Friday. The S&P BSE Sensex closed 127 points, or 0.31 percent higher at 40,686 levels, while the NSE Nifty closed at 11,930, 34 points higher, or 0.28 percent. The volatility index, India …
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Extending their winning streak to the fifth straight session, the benchmark indices finished nearly a percent higher on Wednesday, led by purchases at Reliance Industries (RIL) and HDFC Bank. Among the major indices, the S&P BSE Sensex closed 304 points, or 0.77 percent higher at 39,879 levels, and the Nifty50 …
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NSE’s Nifty finished above 11,500 marks at 11.503, up 0.76 percent. Benchmark equity indices closed nearly 1 percent higher on Monday, driven mainly by information technology (IT) stocks and private sector lenders such as HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank. Shares in information technology (IT) companies were on a roll after …
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Photo: Kamlesh Pednekar Indian markets were trading more than half a percent higher in Wednesday’s volatile session, driven mainly by consumer goods and pharmaceuticals stocks. Among the major indices, the S&P BSE Sensex was trading around 38,210 levels, up 210 points, and the Nifty50 index was testing the 11,300 mark. …
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The trend among the Nifty sector indices was largely negative, led by the Nifty PSU Bank index, which was down more than 2%. The benchmark indices ended Tuesday’s volatile session on a flat note with a negative bias. The S&P BSE Sensex ended at 37,973 levels, down 8 points or …
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The bulls continued to dominate the markets on Friday, thanks to a healthy buying on the financial counters. The S&P BSE Sensex won for the sixth consecutive session to settle at 39,467 levels, an increase of 354 points or 0.9 percent. NSE’s Nifty finished 11,648.88 points or 0.76 percent higher. …
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