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Sensex, Nifty end flat amid late sell-off; IT, broader indices hold gains

CLOSING BELL: The BSE Sensex hit a fresh calendear year high at 61,682, before forfeiting most gains at close. Midcap, Smallcap indices gained nearly a per cent Thursday.

BEL, GSL ink pact to address global market opportunities in Naval platforms

Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) has signed an MoU with Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) for co-operation in addressing global market opportunities for supply of state-of-the-art products such as autonomous boats, and other systems / solutions based on Artificial Intelligence for Naval platforms. The pact was inked on the sidelines of the ongoing Aero India 2023, Asia's largest air show, at Air Force Station Yelahanka here. BEL CMD Bhanu Prakash Srivastava, and GSL CMD Brajesh Kumar Upadhyay exchanged the MoU documents, a BEL statement said.

ITC, RIL, ICICI Bank help lift Sensex 600 pts higher, Nifty above 17,900

CLOSING BELL: Sensex and Nifty indices snapped their 2-day losing run, ralling on Tuesday as supportive global cues, ease in WPI inflation, and healthy buying in heavyweights lifted sentiment.

US-based cloud communications firm Twilio lays off 17% of workforce

US-based cloud communications company Twilio has announced to lay off about 17 per cent of its global workforce amid cost-cutting measures.

Sensex slips 251 pts ahead of inflation data; SBI, IT shares fall

CLOSING BELL: The NSE Nifty 50 ended 86 points lower; Broader indices log deeper cuts. Adani Group shares fall again.

Sensex dips 124 pts, smallcaps shine; Paytm cracks 9%, Tata Motors up 2%

CLOSING BELL: HCL Tech (down 2.7 per cent), Tata Steel, Reliance Industries, Wipro, ITC, ICICI Bank, Infosys, and HUL were top Sensex losers

Sensex rises 142 pts in fag-end, Nifty near 17,900; broader indices fall

CLOSING BELL: Adani Enterprises, Adani Ports, Hero MotoCorp, Cipla, JSW Steel, Bharti Airtel, Sun Pharma, UPL, Ultratech Cement, HDFC, Bajaj Auto, and Tata Motors fell over half a per cent to 11%

Symphony Ltd consolidated Q3FY23 PAT jumps 86% y-o-y to Rs 39 crores

Air cooler and appliances maker Symphony on Wednesday reported 85.71 per cent jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 39 crore for the third quarter ended December 2022. The company had logged a net profit of Rs 21 crore in October-December period a year ago, Symphony said in a regulatory filing. Revenue from operations rose 35.12 per cent to Rs 277 crore during the quarter under review against Rs 205 crore in the year-ago period. This was led by robust off-season sales and quite positive and buoyant trade sentiment during the quarter, Symphony said in its earnings statement. The company's revenue from the Indian market was at Rs 198 crore, while the global markets contributed Rs 79 crore. Total expenses in the quarter were Rs 243 crore, up 32.06 per cent as compared to the year-ago period. Symphony also said its board, in a meeting held on Wednesday, approved a share buyback of Rs 200 crore, buying back up to 10,00,000 equity shares at Rs 2,000 per scrip, subject to shareholders'

Adani Enterprises, RBI policy takes Nifty above 17,850, Sensex leaps 378pts

CLOSING BELL: Adani Enterprises surged 23 per cent, while Adani Ports zoomed 9 per cent, leading the winners' list on the Nifty50

No unified global energy market, security, says Russia-based Rosneft's head

There is no unified global energy market and energy security is no longer global, Russia's powerful oil executive Igor Sechin said amid talk for countries coming together to check volatility in prices and ensure smooth transition to net zero. Speaking at the India Energy Week here, Sechin, chief executive of Rosneft, said all principles of market trading have been destroyed and market pricing and contract law abolished. Russia was slapped with sanctions by some Western countries following the war in Ukraine. Some countries in Europe stopped buying contracted natural gas. Russian crude oil was shunned, leading to it being traded at a discount to international rates. This meant that while all major benchmark crude oil moved in a particular fashion, Russian crude was traded at discounts as high as USD 40 per barrel. "There is no unified global energy market, and energy security is no longer global," he said. Russia, he said, achieved more significant results than many of the world's

Sensex drops 221 pts day ahead of RBI decision; Adani Ent up 15%, Paytm 5%

CLOSING BELL: Adani Enterprises (up 15 per cent), Dr Reddy's Labs, Adani Ports, Kotak Bank, IndusInd Bank, Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Auto, ONGC, JSW Steel, and Eicher Motors led the recovery

Sensex snaps 5-day winning run, dips 335pts; Vi jumps 20%, Adani Ports 8.5%

CLOSING BELL: Among sectors, the Nifty Metal index fell 2.2 per cent, followed by the Nifty IT index (down 0.6 per cent), and the Nifty Bank index (down 0.3 per cent)

FPIs register steepest outflow in 7 months at Rs 28,852 cr in January

Going ahead, FPI flows are expected to remain volatile as Indian equities continued their large underperformance compared to global markets

Sensex rises 445 pts from day's low to end flat; Adani FPO fully subscribed

CLOSING BELL: Broader markets, too, remained upbeat throughout the day as Nifty MidCap 100 and Nifty SmallCap 100 outperformed benchmark indices to close up to 2 per cent

Rout in Adani group shares, banks drag Sensex 874 pts, Nifty ends at 17,600

Closing Bell: Adani Enterprises and Adani Ports were the leading Nifty losers, which ended 18 and 15 per cent lower, respectively. SBI, ICICI Bank, IndusInd Bank were next in line sinking up to 5%

Sensex slumps 774 pts, Nifty ends below 17900; Auto, FMCG stocks outshine

Stock market LIVE: As per rollover data, the Nifty index has, so far, witnessed rollover in-line with the last three months' averages. However, slight declines in roll cost indicates a capped upside

Rupee gains 20 paise to 81.50 against US currency in morning trade

The rupee rose by 20 paise to 81.50 against the US currency in morning trade on Wednesday following a weak dollar in the global markets. Early losses in domestic stock markets and a rebound in oil prices, however, restricted the rupee's gains. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened higher at 81.62 and rose further to a high of 81.49 in morning trade. The rupee was trading at 81.50 to a dollar at 0950 hrs. The local currency had closed lower at 81.70 on Tuesday. The US dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, slipped 0.04 per cent to 101.88. The Brent crude was trading 0.43 per cent lower at USD 86.48 per barrel while the oil for the Indian basket traded down 2.69 per cent at USD 79.98 per barrel. On the domestic equity market front, the 30-share BSE Sensex declined by 268 points or 0.44 per cent to 60,709.93. The broader NSE Nifty declined by 90.25 points or 0.5 per cent to 18,028.05. Foreign Institutional Investors (FI

Sensex, Nifty50 end flat in a wobbly trade; Tata Motors, Maruti surge 3%

CLOSING BELL: Broader markets, too, turned tepid as Nifty MidCap 100 and Nifty SmallCap 100 indices declined up to 0.3 per cent

Sensex rises 320 pts, Nifty ends atop 18100; IT index up 2%, YES Bk down 8%

Closing Bell: Sectorally, Nifty IT clocked around a 2 per cent gain, followed by nearly 1 per cent upmove in bank, auto, FMCG and pharma indices. Metals and realty were the only pockets to close lower

Sensex snaps 2-day winning streak, ends 187 pts lower; Nifty50 below 18,150

CLOSING BELL: Broader markets, too, were subdued in trade as Nifty MidCap 100 and Nifty SmallCap 100 indices declined up to 0.4 per cent.