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MARKET WRAP: RIL, HUL help Sensex end 199 pts up; Nifty settles at 9,251

All that happened in the markets today

RIL trades 3% higher on Vista Equity deal; rallies 30% in one month

Jio Platforms has now raised Rs 60,596.37 crore from leading technology investors in less than three weeks.

Stocks to watch: RIL, Tata Motors, RBL Bk, Adani Gas, SBI Cards, SKF India

Here's a look at the top stocks that may remain in focus today

Paint stocks trade weak on concern of demand destruction in near term

Asian Paints, Berger Paints India, Kansai Nerolac Paints and Akzo Nobel India slipped in the range of 2 per cent and 5 per cent on the BSE.

YES Bank logs Rs 2,629 cr net profit in Q4 on one-time gain; stk jumps 20%

The earnings were better than what most of the analysts had expected. Kotak Securities, for instance, estimated the private lender to log net loss at Rs 4,404.4 crore in the quarter under review

AU Small Finance hits new low, slips 14% in 4 days post March qtr results

Analysts believe the bank will be unable to maintain high AUM growth and will likely see a sharp rise in credit cost & deterioration in incremental deposit mix, amid the current lockdown

Varun Beverages extends fall, slips 7% on weak volume growth in March qtr

Organic volumes for the company got severely impacted in the last 10 days of March due to the spread of Covid-19 and the subsequent lockdown restrictions, the company said.

HCL Tech Q4 net up 22.8% yoy at Rs 3,154 crore; announces dividend of Rs 2

Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) stood at Rs 3,881 crore while EBIT margin came in at 20.9 per cent.

Stocks to watch: HUL, Maruti, YES Bank, HCL Tech, RBL Bank, Cyient

Here's a look at the top stocks that may trade actively in today's session -

RIL consolidated Q4 PAT at Rs 6,348 cr; announces Rs 53,125 cr rights issue

Revenue from operations stood at Rs 139,283 crore, down 2.30 per cent from Rs 142,565 crore in the year-ago period.

F&O expiry: Sensex soars 997 pts on Covid-19 drug hopes; auto, IT stks gain

All that happened in the markets today

UPL shares gain 11% on biz update, expectation of net debt reduction

The company said it expects its net debt to be at approx. $ 2.9 billion as of March 31, 2020 as compared to $4.2 billion as on December 31, 2019

Polycab India shares hit 5% upper circuit ahead of board meet on Saturday

In the past seven trading days, the stock has fallen 9 per cent, thus underperforming the S&P BSE Sensex which rose 3.3 per cent

Hindustan Unilever trades lower for third straight day ahead of Q4 results

In Q4FY20, HUL's stock outperformed the market by rallying 20 per cent, against nearly 29 per cent decline in the Sensex

Just Dial soars 9% as board approves buyback at Rs 700/ sh via tender offer

The board has approved the proposal for buyback of up to 3.14 million shares, representing 4.84% of the total equity capital of the company, at a maximum price of Rs 700 per share

Auto stocks in focus; Nifty Auto index up 5%, Tata Motors surges 15%

Ashok Leyland and Hero MotoCorp surged over 10 per cent each

Glenmark zooms 9% on DCGI nod to conduct clinical trials for Covid-19 drug

Glenmark is the first pharma company in India to be given an approval by the regulator to start the trial on COVID-19 patients

Stocks to watch: RIL, HUL, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, AU Small Finance Bank, SIS

Here's a look at the top stocks that may remain in focus today

Ruchi Soya enters top 200 most valuable firms' club; m-cap tops Rs 10K cr

Ruchi Soya stands ahead of Dalmia Bharat, GMR Infrastructure, Polycab India, Crisil, Cummins India, IDFC First Bank, ICICI Securities, and Tata Communications in the m-cap ranking.

Deepak Nitrite rallies 10% on heavy volumes, inches toward record high

Last week, Deepak Phenolics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, commenced commercial production of Isopropyl Alcohol at its manufacturing facility situated at Dahej, Gujarat.