Stock Market Highlights: Sensex ends 557 pts higher; Nifty at 23,550, records best week in 4 years

Sensex Today | Stock Market Highlights: The BSE Sensex surged 3,077 points to 76,906, and the NSE Nifty vaulted 953 points - both up around 4.2 per cent this week.

3:54 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Technical view

Stock Market LIVE Updates: The Nifty continues to move upward following a falling trendline breakout, supported by upbeat sentiment. During the last trading session, the index encountered resistance at the 21-week exponential moving average, which is placed at 23,382.

A decisive move above 23,400 could drive the index higher by another 200 points, as the next resistance is at 23,600. A clear breakout above 23,600 might trigger another leg of the rally. On the other hand, failure to move above 23,400 could lead to near-term consolidation.

View by Rupak De, senior technical analyst, LKP Securities.

3:49 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Market expert view

Stock Market LIVE Updates: The domestic market has concluded the week with consistent recovery. The anticipated reduction in risk-free rates, coupled with the correction in the dollar index, are facilitating fund flows back to EMs. FIIs, whose selling activity has been waning, are becoming net buyers, driven by dovish signals from the U.S. Fed, which suggest the possibility of two rate cuts this year. This has reignited optimism in the domestic market.

Despite global uncertainty from escalating trade tensions, improving domestic macroeconomic indicators, valuation corrections, and anticipated earnings growth are encouraging investors to seek bargains.

View by Vinod Nair, head of research, Geojit Financial Services.

3:41 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Here's a look at Nifty gainers and losers at close

Stock Market LIVE Updates: SBI Life, NTPC, ONGC were among the top gainers on Nifty50. 

3:39 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Here's a look at Sensex gainers and losers at close

Stock Market LIVE Updates: NTPC, Bajaj Finance, Kotak Mahindra Bank were among the top gainers on Sensex. 

3:36 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: A glance at broader market at close

Stock Market LIVE Updates: BSE Midcap and Smallcap ended higher. 

 

3:35 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Nifty closes at 23,350.4, up 159.75 pts

Stock Market LIVE Updates: NSE Nifty50 closed at 23,350.40, up 159.75 points or 0.69 per cent.

3:34 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Sensex closes at 76,905.51, up 557.45 pts

Stock Market LIVE Updates: BSE Sensex settled 557 points or 0.73 per cent at 76,905.51. 

3:27 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: L&T share price rises 3% on securing 'Large' order from Brigade Group

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Larsen and Toubro (L&T) shares were in demand on Friday, March 21, 2025, as the share rose up to 2.75 per cent to hit an intraday high of ₹3,441.35 per share.

 

The rise in the L&T share price came after the company’s Buildings & Factories (B&F) vertical secured a large order (ranging ₹2,500 crore - ₹5,000 crore) from the Brigade Group to construct residential and commercial towers in Hyderabad and Chennai. This accounts for the largest residential project that the business has so far received from a private customer, the company said. Read more

3:21 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: DLF, Raymond: Nifty Realty index zooms 10% this week; more steam left?

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Nifty Realty Index -- the gauge for stocks of real estate companies -- has surged 10.2 per cent, so far, this week. On Friday, March 21, the index advanced 3.2 per cent in the intraday trade with seven out of 10 constituents of the index trading over 1 per cent higher.

Among individual stocks, Raymond shares jumped 7.7 per cent, The Phoenix Mills stock gained 2.83 per cent, Godrej Properties shares gained 2.16 per cent, and Prestige Estates was up by 2 per cent, as of 12:15 PM. Read more 

 

3:09 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: ITC Hotels, Ventive rally up to 6%; hit new highs on healthy outlook

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Hotels shares were in demand with ITC Hotels (up 6 per cent at ₹ 193.35) and Ventive Hospitality (up 5 per cent at ₹ 810.40) recording new highs on the BSE in Friday’s intra-day trade on healthy outlook. Growth momentum is expected to continue in January to March 2025 (Q4FY25) also, driven by business travel and MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions)-related demand.

 

In India, the management of hotel companies said they saw the continuation of the strong demand for leisure hospitality. Read more

3:01 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: 3 PM market update - Sensex, Nifty trade higher

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Indian benchmark equity indices BSE Sensex and Nifty50 were trading higher on Friday, amid weak global cues.

At 3 PM, the BSE Sensex was higher by 483.73 points, or 0.63 per cent, at 76,831.79, and the Nifty50 was at 23,344.10, ahead by 153.45 points, or 0.66 per cent. 

 

2:48 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Dividend, bonus issue: REC, TVS Motor, 6 others to go ex-date next week

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Shares of TVS Motor Company, Mishra Dhatu Nigam, REC, KBC Global, and four other firms are expected to attract attention next week, spanning from Monday, March 24, 2025, to Friday, March 28, 2025, due to corporate announcements such as dividends, rights issues, or bonus issues for their shareholders.

The additional companies on the list include Bodhi Tree Multimedia, Ksolves India, Dhanalaxmi Roto Spinners, and Kama Holdings. According to BSE data, all these stocks are scheduled to trade ex-date for their respective corporate announcements.
 

Among these, REC, TVS Motor Company, Ksolves India, Mishra Dhatu Nigam, and Kama Holdings will trade ex-dividend. Meanwhile, Dhanalaxmi Roto Spinners and KBC Global will trade ex-date for their bonus issues, and Bodhi Tree Multimedia is set to trade ex-date for its rights issue. READ MORE

 

 

2:38 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Sundaram Finance can top ₹ 6,200, gain another 24% by year-end; chart hints

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Sundaram Finance shares have been actively traded, witnessing a rally of over 13 per cent in the past six trading sessions. The stock climbed from ₹4,482 to an intraday high of ₹5,073, driven by favorable news developments.

This upward movement aligns with gains seen in other non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) such as Bajaj Finance, Shriram Finance, Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services, and Manappuram Finance. These gains have been attributed to the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) recent initiatives to infuse nearly ₹1.9 trillion in liquidity into the banking system.
 

The RBI has eased certain stringent regulations on bank loans to NBFCs, lowering the risk weight on consumer microfinance loans by 25 percentage points to 100 per cent. According to Reuters, this adjustment is expected to encourage banks to extend more funding to NBFCs. READ MORE

 

2:25 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Sensex up 3,200 pts this week, Nifty tops 23,300: Why are markets rising?

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Indian benchmark indices staged a strong recovery this week, with analysts expressing optimism that the "worst is over." This rebound has been attributed to the return of foreign institutional investors (FIIs) to Indian equities, encouraged by attractive valuations and early signs of economic recovery.

During the week, the Nifty 50 climbed 4.42 per cent, gaining 988 points to reach 23,385, while the 30-stock Sensex surged 4.3 per cent, adding 3,202 points to surpass the 77,000 mark. Bloomberg data indicates that this marks the largest weekly rally for these indices since February 2021. Additionally, the midcap and small-cap indices also posted robust gains, advancing 6.9 per cent and 7.3 per cent, respectively, by the end of the week on March 21.
 

Interestingly, this market rally unfolded amidst escalating trade tensions, with additional developments anticipated as reciprocal tariffs come into effect on April 2. Several factors played a role in driving the stock market's performance today. READ MORE

 

2:13 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: BEML, HAL, BEL and other defence stocks rally up to 5%; Why the optimism?

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Defence stocks saw notable gains, rising by as much as 5.6 per cent during Friday's trade on March 21, 2025. This surge followed the government's approval of faster defence procurement guidelines and preliminary clearances for military acquisition proposals worth over ₹54,000 crore.

 

As of 10:40 AM, shares of Astra Microwave Products rose 3.16 per cent, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) gained 3.15 per cent, MTAR Technologies advanced 2.89 per cent, Bharat Dynamics increased by 2.51 per cent, and BEML climbed 2.34 per cent. Additionally, Paras Defence and Space Technologies were up 1.97 per cent, Data Patterns (India) rose 1.78 per cent, and Bharat Electronics saw a modest uptick of 0.37 per cent. READ MORE

 

2:03 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: 2 PM market update - Sensex, Nifty climb down from day's highs; trade in green

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Indian benchmark equity indices BSE Sensex and Nifty50 were trading higher on Friday, amid weak global cues.

 

At 2 PM, the BSE Sensex was higher by 437.98 points, or 0.57 per cent, at 76,786.04, and the Nifty50 was at 23,335.45, ahead by 144.80 points, or 0.62 per cent. 

1:53 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Unichem Labs up 5% on completing capacity expansion of plant at Pithampur

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Unichem Laboratories shares rose by 5.2 per cent on the BSE, reaching an intraday high of ₹699.3 per share, following the company's announcement of completing the Phase I capacity expansion of its Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) plant in Pithampur.

 

As of 11:23 AM, the stock was trading 3.77 per cent higher at ₹689.6 per share on the BSE, outperforming the BSE Sensex, which was up by 0.72 per cent at 76,895.32. The company’s market capitalisation stood at ₹4,855.18 crore. Over the last 52 weeks, the stock recorded a high of ₹949.85 per share and a low of ₹433.25 per share. READ MORE

 

1:43 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Nifty SmallCap up 13% from recent low; is it out of the correction zone?

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Equity benchmark indices were seen holding gains for the fifth straight trading session on Friday. The NSE Nifty 50 index and the BSE Sensex have rallied around 4 per cent each in the last five trading sessions and quoted around 23,250 and 76,550 levels in today's intra-day trade.

The NSE Nifty 50 has gained 6 per cent from its recent low of 21,965. In comparison, the Nifty SmallCap 250 index has soared 12.7 per cent from its low of 13,428 hit on March 3, to a high of 15,135 thus far on Friday.
 

The sharp rally in the SmallCap index is led by bottom-fishing and resilience shown by select stocks following the 3-month long correction, says Kranti Bathini, Director-Equity at WealthMills Securities. READ MORE

 

1:29 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Interarch Building Products gets nod to change name to Interarch Building Products

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Interarch Building Products today informed that it has received the Registrar of Companies' approval to change its name to Interarch Building Solutions.

"We would like to inform you that we have received the approval from the Registrar of Companies (ROC) for the change of the Company’s name. The ROC has issued a fresh "Certificate of Incorporation” reflecting the new name, dated March 12, 2025 (a copy of the certificate is enclosed). The certificate was officially received by us on March 20, 2025," it stated in an exchange filing. 

1:22 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Hero MotoCorp shares rise after ₹525 crore investment in Euler Motors

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Hero MotoCorp shares climbed over 3 per cent during Friday's session after the company said it will enter the three-wheeler category with an investment of ₹525 crore in Euler Motors Private Limited. 

Hero MotoCorp share price rose as much as 3.1 per cent during the day to ₹3,711.9 per share. The stock pared gains to trade 2.7 per cent higher at ₹3,695.9 apiece, compared to a 0.52 per cent advance in Nifty 50 as of 10:38 AM. 
 

Shares of the motorcycle maker extended gains to their second day while they have fallen 10.88 per cent this year, compared to a 1.7 per cent fall in the benchmark Nifty 50. The company's stock currently trades at over 15-month low and have risen by nearly 7 per cent from the lows of ₹3,466 earlier this month. READ MORE

1:10 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Grand Continent Hotels IPO Day 2; subscription rise 35%, GMP remains flat

Stock Market LIVE Updates: The initial public offering (IPO) of Grand Continent Hotels, which opened on March 20, 2025, has seen a tepid response from investors so far. As of 10:54 AM on March 21, the ₹74.46 crore SME IPO had been subscribed to about 35 per cent.

Among investor categories, the Qualified Institutional Buyer (QIB) segment recorded the highest interest, with a 71 per cent subscription rate. This was followed by retail investors at 26 per cent and Non-Institutional Investors (NIIs) at a modest 0.1 per cent.
 

The IPO consists of a fresh issue of 6.26 million equity shares, along with an offer for sale (OFS) where promoter Ramesh Siva is divesting up to 0.33 million equity shares. The price band for the offering is set at ₹107-113 per share, with a minimum bid lot size of 1,200 shares. READ MORE

 

1:01 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: 1 PM market update - Sensex, Nifty trade higher

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Indian benchmark equity indices BSE Sensex and Nifty50 were trading higher on Friday, amid weak global cues.

 

At 1 PM, the BSE Sensex was higher by 684.23 points, or 0.90 per cent, at 77,032.29, and the Nifty50 was at 23,396.90, ahead by 206.25 points, or 0.89 per cent. 

12:55 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Signature Global shares zoom 8% on acquiring 8.38-acre land in Gurugram

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Signature Global shares were buzzing in trade on Friday, March 21, 2025, as the scrip zoomed as much as 7.82 per cent to hit an intraday high of ₹1,201.80 per share.

 

The rise came after the company said that it has acquired 8.39 acres of land at Sector 37D, Gurugram, Haryana, near Dwarka Expressway at a cost of ₹282.42 crore, with the sale deed executed on Thursday, March 20.

 

The company expects to develop approximately 2 million square feet on this newly acquired land. READ MORE

12:48 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Adani Energy Solutions gain 3% on bagging ₹2,800 crore in Gujarat

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Adani Energy Solutions shares rose 3.3 per cent in trade on BSE, logging an intraday high at ₹842.45 per share. The northward movement in the stock came after the company won an order worth ₹2,800 crore in Gujarat.

 

Around 12:22 AM, Adani Energy Solutions share price was up 2.74 per cent at ₹837.6 per share on BSE. In comparison, the BSE Sensex was up 0.77 per cent at 76,934.47. The market capitalisation of the company stood at ₹1,00,619.43 crore. The 52-week high of the stock was at ₹1,347.9 per share and the 52-week low was at ₹588.25 per share. READ MORE

12:34 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Hexaware slips 16% from record high, hits all-time low; nears issue price

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Hexaware Technologies share price hit a new low of ₹715 on the BSE on Friday as it fell 2 per cent in the intraday trade. IT shares choppy in trade on Friday, March 21, after global consultancy firm Accenture shared a cautious demand outlook for the information technology (IT) services sector.

 

The stock price of Hexaware Tech fell below its previous low of ₹720, which it hit on March 17, 2025. It is trading at its lowest level since listing on February 19, 2025. The stock has corrected 16 per cent from its record high level of ₹850 which it touched on February 27, 2025. It is quoting close to its issue price of ₹708 per share. READ MORE

 

12:21 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Accenture Q2: Demand weakness priced-in by Indian IT stocks, say analysts

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Although Accenture has issued a cautious outlook for demand in the IT services sector, analysts remain optimistic about the medium-term prospects for Indian IT companies. 

They believe this resilience is due to the limited exposure of Indian IT firms to projects involving the US Government, a key concern highlighted by Accenture. Moreover, the recent downturn in near-term discretionary spending has already been factored into the share prices of IT companies, which could prevent a sharp decline.
 

On the stock market, the Nifty IT index initially fell 2.7 per cent during intraday trading on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) but recovered most of its losses, trading 0.17 per cent lower as of 10:20 AM. All but three constituents of the index returned to positive territory, with notable gains from Mphasis (up 2.7 per cent), Coforge, LTTS, and Persistent Systems. By contrast, the Nifty50 index had climbed 70 points, or 0.3 per cent, by the same time. READ MORE

 

12:15 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: TVS Motor share price gains 4% on declaring interim dividend for FY25

Stock Market LIVE Updates: TVS Motor Company shares saw vibrant activity on Friday, March 21, 2025, as the stock rose by 3.57 per cent during intraday trading, reaching a high of ₹2,430.60 per share.

This surge followed the company's announcement that its Board of Directors, during a meeting on March 20, 2025, approved an interim dividend of ₹10 per share for the financial year 2025.
 

In its exchange filing, TVS Motor stated, "The Board of Directors of the Company, at its meeting held today, declared an interim dividend of ₹10 per share (1,000%) on 47,50,87,114 equity shares of ₹1 each, fully paid up, amounting to a total payout of ₹475 crore for the financial year ending March 31, 2025." READ MORE

12:07 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Glenmark Pharma share rises 2% on securing USFDA nod; key details here

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Shares of pharmaceutical company Glenmark Pharmaceuticals rose 2.14 per cent to hit an intraday high of ₹1,509.80 per share on Friday, March 21, 2025.

The rise in Glenmark Pharma's stock came after it said Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA, has received final approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) for its Olopatadine Hydrochloride Ophthalmic Solution USP, 0.2 per cent, a product in the over-the-counter (OTC) category. 
 

The product has been determined to be bioequivalent to Alcon Laboratories' Pataday Once Daily Relief Ophthalmic Solution, 0.2 per cent (OTC). READ MORE

 

12:01 PM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: 12 PM market update - Sensex, Nifty gain

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Indian benchmark equity indices BSE Sensex and Nifty50 were trading higher on Friday, amid weak global cues.

 

At 12 PM, the BSE Sensex was higher by 522.64 points, or 0.68 per cent, at 76,870.70, and the Nifty50 was at 23,347.15, ahead by 156.50 points, or 0.67 per cent. 

11:51 AM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: BHEL getts LoI for ₹7,500-crore deal from Gujarat State Electricity Corporation

Stock Market LIVE Updates:  Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited today informed that it has received a letter of intent for a deal worth ₹7,500 crore, from Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited for the supply of equipment (Boiler, Turbine, Generator and associated auxuliaries), along with other erection and commissioning works.

 

The company, in an exchange filing, said, the LoI is for EPC package for 1x800 MW Ukai Extn Unit No. 7 TPS in Tapi District, Gujarat, India, with the project expected to be commercially operational within 54 months.