Indian equities traded strongly on Thursday, with most sectoral indices higher. Sensex has touched a high of 47,053.40 and a low of 46,539.02, while the Nifty has moved in the range of 13,626.90-13,771.75.
Most sectoral indices ended in the green but the IT pack failed to perform. BSE Energy rose over 2 percent while banking, telecom, metal, financial, oil & gas and pharma indices rose over a percent each.
Highlights of today’s Market closing:
- Asian Paints, Bajaj Auto, Infosys, Kotak Mahindra Bank, TCS, among 200 others, hit their respective 52-week highs on BSE today.
- BSE SmallCap and midcap underperform at 17,683.86, up 0.64% and at 17,680.61, up 0.08% respectively.
- Nifty Bank, Nifty Private Bank, Nifty Financial Services up over 2% each.
- Vedanta surges over 7% as promoter group to raise the stake by 5% via block deal.
- Bajaj Auto hit fresh 52-week high.
- UTI Small Cap Fund NFO mobilizes ₹920 crore.
- Nifty IT index worst hit among sectoral indices after Wednesday’s rally.
- ACC, Ambuja stocks surge as royalty payment concerns ease.
- Mrs Bectors shares surge post IPO listing.
- India rupee opened at 73.66 a dollar on Thursday vs the previous close of 73.76
- Bharti Airtel surges, among top gainers on Sensex.
- Mrs Bectors Food lists at 74% premium over the issue price.
- Infosys worst hit stock on Sensex after two days of rally.
- Asian stocks eye gains as Brexit deal hopes grow.
