MARKET WRAP: Sensex gains 83 pts, Nifty ends at 10,841; realty stocks surge

All that happened in markets today.

3:46 PM

Nifty Realty among top gainers on the NSE today

3:44 PM

Key indices on NSE

3:44 PM

RIL, SBI, ITC contribute most to Sensex's gain today

3:43 PM

Sensex heat map

3:42 PM

CLOSING BELL

The S&P BSE Sensex ended at 36,563.88, up 83 points or 0.23 per cent while NSE's Nifty50 index gained 23 points or 0.21 per cent to close at 10,841. 

 

3:17 PM

July Telecom data

-- Bharti Airtel loses 25.8 lakh users vs loss of 29,883 users (MoM)

-- Reliance Jio adds 85.4 lakh users vs 81.8 lakh users (Mom)

3:13 PM

Market check | Markets pare gains

3:09 PM

Tobacco stocks rally as Govt bans e-cigarettes

COMPANY NAME	LATEST	HIGH	LOW	CHG (rs)	CHG(%)	VOLUME
ITC	240.75	242.30	234.10	3.60	1.52	1007774
GODFREY PHILLIPS	1010.55	1023.30	940.10	71.70	7.64	41794
INDIAN WOOD PROD	51.00	52.90	50.00	-0.85	-1.64	30545
GOLDEN TOBACCO	31.25	31.25	29.00	1.40	4.69	933
VST INDS.	3517.00	3622.55	3494.30	15.15	0.43	239

3:07 PM

NEWS ALERT | Cabinet has approved banning e-cigarettes: Sitharaman

-- Production, manfacturing, import, export, transport, sales, distribution and advertisments of e-cigarettes are banned: Sitharaman

3:05 PM

NEWS ALERT | Cabinet approves an amount of Rs 2,024 cr as bonus for railway staff

3:03 PM

NEWS ALERT | Cabinet approves wages for 78 days this year as bonus for Railway staff

2:57 PM

Nifty PSU Bank index trades higher

2:55 PM

Godfrey Phillips India up over 7%

2:55 PM

Balmer Lawrie slips 6%

--  The company's board has deferred recommendation of bonus shares.

2:50 PM

NEWS ALERT | UK inflation rose 1.7% in Aug; lowest since 2016: Reuters

-- Consumer inflation rose at an annual rate of 1.7% in August after a 2.1% increase in July, Reuters reported.

-- Consumer prices in Britain rose last month at the slowest rate since December 2016, a pre-Brexit boost to the spending power of households who are also seeing the fastest wage growth in 11 years.

-- It was the biggest drop in the annual rate of inflation from one month to another since late 2014.

2:37 PM

NEWS ALERT | Endurance Tech begins commercial production at new plant in Kolar, Karnataka: BSE Filing

2:35 PM

Avenue Supermarts regains Rs 1-trillion market cap, stock nears record high

In the past 10 days, Avenue Supermarts' stock price has surged 9 per cent after rating agency CRISIL assigned CRISIL AA+/stable rating to the company's Rs 200 crore non-convertible debentures and reaffirmed its long-term bank facilities. In comparison, the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex remained flat during the same period. READ MORE

2:25 PM

Stocks that hit 52-week low on BSE500 today

COMPANY	PRICE(rs)	52 WK LOW	CHG(rs)	CHG(%)
CORPORATION BANK	16.70	16.55	0.10	0.60
EVEREADY INDS.	51.95	51.95	-2.70	-4.94
INDBULL.REALEST.	59.55	57.05	-2.80	-4.49
INDOSTAR CAPITAL	252.15	251.15	-11.10	-4.22
ITC	235.00	234.10	-2.15	-0.91

2:23 PM

SAT gives four weeks to NSE, ex-officials to file reply in co-location case

Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) on Wednesday asked NSE and its ex-officials, including the former CEO Chitra Ramkrishna, to file their rejoinders within four weeks in their plea against Sebi that penalised them in the co-location case. The tribunal also fixed November 27, as the date for the disposal of the case and said no further extension will be granted to anyone. READ MORE

2:20 PM

NEWS ALERT | Cabinet approves banning e-cigarettes: CNBC TV18

2:12 PM

Steel stocks gain as govt allows SAIL to sell iron ore from captive mines

Shares of steel companies such as SAIL, Tata Steel, Jindal Steel and JSW Steel rallied around 4 per cent in the intra-day deals on Wednesday after the government allowed state-run Steel Authority of India (SAIL) to sell 25 per cent of its iron ore produced from captive mines. In a separate announcement, the government also allowed the company to dispose of the old stock of 70 million onnes (MT) of low grade iron fines and ores (including slime), lying dumped across different captive mines of SAIL. READ MORE

2:01 PM

Sectoral trends at NSE at this hour

1:57 PM

Global markets check

Caution ahead of an expected US interest rate cut kept wider financial markets in tight ranges.

European shares are expected to tread water, with pan-European Euro Stoxx 50 futures shedding 0.06 per cent, German DAX futures losing 0.1 per cent and FTSE futures down 0.14 per cent. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan ticked up 0.14 per cent while Japan’s Nikkei dipped 0.18 per cent after 10 straight days of gains and China’s blue-chip share index rose 0.52 per cent.

(Reuters)

1:55 PM

NEWS ALERT | HCL Tech bags contract from Luxembourg-based company Aperam for AI & automation services: BSE filing

1:48 PM

Market check

1:47 PM

NEWS ALERT | Tata Comm partners Conecta Wireless to address enterprises’ digital transformation needs: BSE Filing

1:46 PM

NEWS ALERT | Saudi Fin Min says still considering secondary market options w.r.t locations for Aramco IPO: CNBC TV18 via Agencies

1:42 PM

BUZZING STOCK:: Tata Metaliks Limited surges over 10%

1:37 PM

NEWS ALERT | SRF to close technical textiles business in Thailand: BSE Filing

-- It was economically unviable to continue running the plant, the company said.

1:36 PM

NEWS ALERT | DHFL lenders seek RBI approval to take over a portion of firm: Bloomberg