Adani Enterp.
2434 8.70
Adani Ports
1372 9.90
Apollo Hospitals
6958 32.00
Asian Paints
2320.4 -36.00
Axis Bank
1197.5 -5.50
Bajaj Auto
8021.5 -18.00
Bajaj Finance
9091.5 73.00
Bajaj Finserv
2028.9 -21.50
Bharat Electron
336.85 14.05
Bharti Airtel
1820.7 -50.10
Cipla
1528.1 16.50
Coal India
396.9 1.40
Dr Reddy's Labs
1213.8 18.20
Eicher Motors
5417 -103.00
Eternal Ltd
234.32 -5.18
Grasim Inds
2723 -19.80
HCL Technologies
1622.5 -47.80
HDFC Bank
1924.2 -33.00
HDFC Life Insur.
739.1 4.50
Hero Motocorp
3985 0.10
Hind. Unilever
2357.1 -25.40
Hindalco Inds.
637.45 -14.50
ICICI Bank
1429 -19.50
IndusInd Bank
772.7 -15.80
Infosys
1573.5 -53.40
ITC
425.95 -9.55
JSW Steel
994.8 -10.40
Kotak Mah. Bank
2108 -37.00
Larsen & Toubro
3567.2 -20.00
M & M
3058.2 -46.50
Maruti Suzuki
12441 -175.00
Nestle India
2355.4 -28.40
NTPC
341.85 -6.70
O N G C
241.33 -2.69
Power Grid Corpn
298.5 -10.55
Reliance Industr
1418.9 -17.60
SBI Life Insuran
1750.3 -1.20
Shriram Finance
639.65 -6.30
St Bk of India
800.6 -1.05
Sun Pharma.Inds.
1697.1 10.90
Tata Consumer
1125.5 -20.10
Tata Motors
712.35 -8.45
Tata Steel
149.86 -1.77
TCS
3532.2 -88.20
Tech Mahindra
1575.7 2.60
Titan Company
3551.5 -11.40
Trent
5359.5 -81.50
UltraTech Cem.
11636 -100.00
Wipro
252.4 -4.88
The frontline equity indices extended their upswing and hit fresh intraday highs in mid-afternoon trade. The Nifty traded at the 17,350 level. Auto stocks witnessed buying demand for second consecutive session.
At 14:25 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, rose 986.27 points or 1.70% to 58,946.36. The Nifty 50 index gained 269.40 points or 1.58% to 17,350.10.
In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index added 1.14% while the S&P BSE Small-Cap index advanced 1.58%.
Buyers outnumbered sellers. On the BSE, 2,530 shares rose and 916 shares fell. A total of 112 shares were unchanged.
Investor sentiment was upbeat as concerns of further banking turmoil receded. However, markets remained cautious following a higher-than-expected German CPI, adding pressure on the European Central Bank to further tighten monetary policy.
Numbers to track:
The yield on India's 10-year benchmark federal paper rose to 7.330 from 7.296 previous trading session.
In the foreign exchange market, the rupee edged higher against the dollar. The partially convertible rupee was hovering at 82.22, compared with its close of 82.34 during the previous trading session.
MCX Gold futures for 5 April 2023 settlement advanced 0.06% to Rs 59,350.
The US Dollar index (DXY), which tracks the greenback's value against a basket of currencies, was up 0.31% to 102.47.
The United States 10-year bond yield jumped 0.85% to 3.581.
In the commodities market, Brent crude for May 2023 settlement fell 20 cents or 0.25% to $79.07 a barrel.
Buzzing Index:
The Nifty Auto index rose 0.97% to 12,238.90. The index has gained 2.69% in two trading sessions.
Samvardhana Motherson International (up 3.49%), MRF (up 2.56%), Tata Motors (up 2.53%), Bosch (up 2.06%), Hero MotoCorp (up 1.68%), Bharat Forge (up 1.27%), Ashok Leyland (up 1.21%), Sona BLW Precision Forgings (up 0.71%), Mahindra & Mahindra (up 0.68%) and Eicher Motors (up 0.58%) advanced.
On the other hand, TVS Motor Company (down 0.52%), Tube Investments of India (down 0.14%) and Balkrishna Industries (down 0.11%) declined.
Stocks in Spotlight:
Lupin declined 0.92%. The pharmaceutical company on Friday announced that it has received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) for its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for Tenofovir Alafenamide Tablets, 25 mg.
Maharashtra Seamless advanced 2.67%. The company announced that it has received orders from Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) with cumulative basic value of Rs 537 crore for supply of seamless casing pipes.
Westlife Foodworld rallied 3.10%. The company informed that the royalty payable by its subsidiary to McDonald's for FY24 will be 4.5%.
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