Indices trade with small gains; Media shares slide

The key benchmark indices traded with minor gains in mid-morning trade. The Nifty traded above 23,650 mark. Media shares declined after advancing in the past four consecutive trading sessions.

At 11:25 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, added 78.06 points or 0.10% to 78,052.21. The Nifty 50 index advanced 24.50 points or 0.10% to 23,682.85.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE Mid-Cap index fell 1% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index declined 1.40%.

The market breadth was strong. On the BSE, 1,202 shares rose and 2,615 shares fell. A total of 167 shares were unchanged.

Buzzing Index:

The Nifty Media index declined 1.53% to 1,524.95. The index jumped 8.41% in the past five consecutive trading sessions.

Dish TV India (down 5.54%), Hathway Cable & Datacom (down 3.59%), Network 18 Media & Investments (down 3.43%), Den Networks (down 2.62%) and PVR Inox (down 1.96%), Zee Entertainment Enterprises (down 1.43%), Saregama India (down 0.87%), Tips Music (down 0.81%), Nazara Technologies (down 0.78%) and Sun TV Network (down 0.08%) declined.

Stocks in Spotlight:

Interarch Building Products rose 1.23% after the company announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Moldtek Technologies (MTTL).

Adani Enterprises declined 1.41%. The company has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Adani New Industries (ANIL), has incorporated a wholly owned subsidiary, Adani New Industries One (ANIOL).

Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers advanced 1.01% after the company said that it has signed a contract with Germany-based Carsten Rehder Schiffsmakler and Reederei GmbH & Co. KG for the construction and delivery of the seventh and eighth 7,500 DWT multi-purpose vessels (MPVs).

Global Market:

Asian stocks traded mixed on Tuesday, as investors assessed U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats.

In China, the central bank announced changes to the way it sells medium-term loans, a move that market participants believe could further diminish the role of such instruments in guiding monetary policy. The Peoples Bank of China (PBOC) stated it will issue 450 billion yuan ($62.03 billion) in one-year medium-term lending facility (MLF) loans on Tuesday. Starting this month, MLF operations will be conducted using a fixed-quantity, interest-rate bidding, and multiple-price bidding method, the PBOC added.

On Wall Street, U.S. indices surged on Monday amid reports that Trumps April 2 tariffs will be less harsh than previously feared. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 1.42%, the S&P 500 climbed 1.76%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite soared 2.27%.

Tesla shares, which had been declining for nine consecutive weeks, rebounded nearly 12%, building on their Friday gains. Meta Platforms and Nvidia also saw gains of more than 3%.

Meanwhile, 23AndMe Holding Co plummeted 59% after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

The economic activity in the US' private sector expanded at an accelerating pace in March, with the S&P Global Composite PMI rising to 53.5 (preliminary) from 51.6 in February. The Services PMI climbed to 54.3 in March from 51 in February, while the manufacturing PMI declined to 49.8 in March from 52.7 February.

Wall Street has been under pressure in recent weeks amid concerns that Trumps tariffs could drive up inflation, disrupt global trade, and slow economic growth. Earlier this month, major indices slumped to six-month lows on such fears.

While Trump has repeatedly described April 2 as liberation day for the U.S., investors found some relief in signs that the tariffs' scope may be narrower than initially expected, potentially limiting their economic impact.

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