At 10:36 am; Nifty Metal index was the top gainer among sectoral indices, up 4.4 per cent, as compared to 1.3 per cent rise in the Nifty50 index.
LIC has now become the fifth most valuable listed Indian company with a market capitalisation of Rs 5.72 trillion on the BSE as of 10:08 am, the exchange data shows.
In Q4, EBITDA margins declined by 240 bps to 6.5 per cent, due to delay in passing of higher raw material prices along with sharp increase in employee cost.
The MCX Gold futures may slide towards the 200-DMA at Rs 48,840 in the near term; while the broader trend indicates a downside target of Rs 53,000 for MCX Silver futures.
Stocks to Watch Today: Bharat Forge, Fino Payments Bank, MCX India, RateGain Travel, Raymond and VIP Industries are some of the notable companies scheduled to announce Q4 results on Monday.
In Q4, AUM grew 16.5 per cent year-on-year and 8.9 per cent quarter-on-quarter at Rs 16,579 crore.
However, despite of today's rally the stock has underperformed the market by declining 28 per cent in the past one month as against a 8 per cent fall in the Sensex.
From India, MSCI has added 4 stocks - Adani Power, AU Small Finance Bank, Jindal Steel & Power and Tata Elxsi, whereas, deleted HDFC AMC.
The board has recommended a buyback of equity shares not exceeding Rs 75 crore at an indicative maximum buyback price not exceeding Rs 1,150 per equity share.
Stocks to Watch Today: Bandhan Bank, BoB, Eicher Motors, Escorts, REC, SBI, Tech Mahindra and UCO Bank are likely to be in focus ahead of Q4 results; Delhivery and Venus Pipes IPOs close on Friday.
US inflation data, possibility of aggressive rate hikes, record low rupee, and intense selloff by foreign portfolio investors are among the key factors that thumped stocks lower
In Q4, Novelis reported 15 per cent YoY decline in adjusted EBITDA at $431 million primarily due to short-term operational cost challenges.
In Q4FY22, EBITDA margin was down 596 bps to 15.9% due to steep increase in raw material prices and extra support to trade towards GST rate differential on inventory.
In Q4FY22, the bank's standalone net profit dropped 66 per cent YoY to Rs 201 crore as the bank set aside Rs Rs 325 crore on account of a fraud.
Stocks to Watch Today: Aditya Birla Capital, Apollo Tyres, GSPL, HCC, L&T, RBL Bank, Siemens and Tata Motors ahead of Q4 earnings; Prudent Corporate Advisory Services IPO to close on Thursday.
In the past one month, the stock of information technology (IT) major has declined 14 per cent after operating performance missed estimates in March quarter (Q4FY22).
The outlook for Natural gas stocks looks good. However, these stocks need to cross and sustain above the key levels for renewed buying interest.
Stocks to Watch Today: The primary market too is likely to be abuzz with activity with three IPOs namely - Delhivery, Prudent Corporate Advisory Services IPO and Venus Pipes IPO open for subscription.
The technical analyst from HDFC Securities sees the next major support for the Nifty at 15,700-level.
Shares of Kohinoor Foods were locked in upper circuit for the 21 straight trading days, up 5 per cent at Rs 21.30 on the BSE.