Market participants are already concerned about the rapid global spread of the highly infectious Omicron Covid variant
Large part of today's rally was propelled by financial and banking counters, with 7 of the top 10 index contributors belonging to the space.
The report said the funds raised through ECM deals fell because deals were of smaller values
The Sensex ended Tuesday's session at 59,856, following a gain of 673 points or 1.1 per cent
The broader markets underperformed the benchmarks by a wide margin. The BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices ended with meagre gains of 0.05 per cent and 0.4 per cent, respectively.
Stronger balance sheets and little impact of digital disruption could be the other triggers
The gains came even as India's manufacturing activity lost some momentum in December, with the Manufacturing PMI easing to a three-month low of 55.5
The Nifty50 ended the December expiry series with losses of 1.9 per cent
Beating pandemic-blues, the Indian equity market posted stunning gains this year
The Nifty gained 150 points, and was up 24.1 per cent for the year; Textile shares logged smart gains today after the GST Council deferred rate hike; Debutant CMS Info Systems witnessed a late rally
The broader indices ended on a mixed note; among sectors, the IT index was up a per cent, while the energy, oil & gas and metal indices declined over a per cent each
The BSE Midcap and the Smallcap indices were up 0.1 per cent and 0.5 per cent, respectively. The overall breadth also was fairly positive, with 2,043 advanced shares v/s 1,334 declining stocks.
The BSE Midcap index and Smallcap indices also finished with smart gains of 1 per cent and 1.5 per cent, respectively.
Debutant HP Adhesives ended with a 22.20 per cent premium at Rs 335 over its issue price of Rs 274 per share; Overall market breadth was also positive
Energy, auto, healthcare and banking shares were the major losers, while IT shares managed to buck the trend.
Indices for companies scoring high on ESG standards have done well in five years but long-term trends are unclear.
The broader markets also finished with significant gains with the BSE Midcap & Smallcap indices up 1 per cent and 0.7 per cent, respectively. IT, financials and energy shares were the top gainers.
Buying was seen across the board; Micap and Smallcap indices finished with gains of 1.5 per cent each, overall breadth too was extremely positive
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Markets regulator Sebi on Friday said it will auction eight properties of Vishwamitra International Infra on December 27 to recover investors' money. These properties will be auctioned at a reserve price totalling Rs 2.8 crore, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said in a notice. Inviting bids for the sale of these properties, Sebi said the auction will be conducted through online mode. The regulator has asked the intending bidders to make their own independent enquiries regarding the measurement, nature, type, classifications, encumbrances, litigations, attachments, and liabilities of the properties put on auction. Procurement Technologies has been engaged by Sebi to assist it for the sale of the properties. Vishwamitra International Infra had allotted over 41.5 lakh non-convertible debentures (NCDs) worth Rs 41.61 crore in 2012-13 to Vishwamitra India Tour & Hotels Ltd (its group company), which in turn transferred these NCDs to 83,109 investors, without complying