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MARKETS: Financials drag indices, Sensex slips 81 pts; midcaps outperform

All that happened in the markets today

IRCTC hits 5% upper circuit as booking for train reservation to resume

Booking for reservation in these trains will start at 4 pm on May 11 and will be available only on the IRCTC website.

RIL nears record high ahead of rights issue, zooms 84% from March low

The stock was trading close to its record high of Rs 1,618, touched on December 20, 2019

ICICI Bank dips 2% in an otherwise firm market post March quarter results

The private sector lender reported an 82% jump in pre-tax profit and a 26% rise in net profit in the March quarter, missing Street estimates owing to higher provisioning for the coronavirus pandemic

Stocks to watch: RIL, IRCTC, ICICI Bank, Lupin, HDFC AMC, Wockhardt, MOFSL

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

HUL surges 4% after Societe Generale buys 12.9 million shares via bulk deal

On Thursday, UK-based Glaxo-SmithKline (GSK) offloaded its stake in HUL via block deals.

SBI Card and Payment Services Q4 profit slips 66% YoY to Rs 83.5 crore

Gross non-performing assets (GNPA) improved by 43bps to 2.01 per cent, the company said.

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

All that happened in the markets today

Cyient locked in 10% lower circuit on lower-than-expected Q4 results

The company's March quarter (Q4F20) performance came below expectations on, both, revenue and margin terms largely due to the impact of Covid-19.

Laurus Labs under pressure, plunges 10% after multiple block deals

Till 12:44 pm, a combined 34.4 million equity shares, representing 32.2 per cent of total equity of Laurus Labs, changed hands on the BSE and NSE.

Hindalco gains 5% after unit Novelis' Q4 results; brokerages maintain 'buy'

Novelis informed that its net income attributable to its common shareholder came in at $63 million for the quarter under review, down 39 per cent year-on-year (YoY

Asian Paints extends loss into 8th day on report RIL mulls stake sale

The company controlled by Mukesh Ambani, is in discussions with banks for a potential sale of its 4.9 per cent stake in Asian Paints through a series of block trades, reports suggest.

Dr Reddy's hits 52-week high after USFDA issues EIR for Srikakulam facility

The company said, with this, all facilities under warning letter are now determined as Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)

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.