Airtel, Nestle India, TCS and ITC contributed the most to gains for the benchmark indices
Top Nifty gainers included Kotak Mahindra Bank, Powergrid, Grasim and BPCL, among others
Investors looked to lock in gains after the recent rally but most dips were bought into, which left indices unchanged at close.
The domestic benchmark indices extended their gains to the third day in a row on Monday
The BSE MidCap index closed 0.35 per cent higher after hitting a new peak of 24,454 in the intra-day deals
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Wall Street futures were pointing modestly higher again while expectations that global stimulus will remain abundant also helped crytocurrency bitcoin get back above $50,000
TCS, HUL, Titan Company, UltraTech Cement, and Bharti Airtel hit their respective record highs on the BSE today
The Nifty Realty index jumped 5 per cent today while the Nifty Metal index slipped 1.8 per cent
Investor wealth rose by Rs 3.6 trillion on the BSE today, taking m-cap of all listed BSE companies to Rs 247.34 trillion
The broader markets, meanwhile, outperformed, rising for the fourth straight session
The spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus and the U.S. Federal Reserve's pending plans to taper its asset purchases are likely to leave equity markets exposed to turbulence
Stocks are off to a mixed start on Wall Street as big tech companies gain while health care and other sectors fall. The S&P 500 was little changed in the early going Wednesday, a day after setting its 50th record high for the year. The gains for tech helped push the Nasdaq composite up 0.2per cent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was slightly lower. TurboTax maker Intuit rose 2.6per cent after posting strong results for its most recent quarter. Overseas markets were mixed. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose slightly to 1.30per cent and crude oil prices edged higher.
S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures were narrowly mixed after the S&P stock index posted its 50th record high close of the year on Tuesday, buoyed by positive news on Covid-19 vaccines
The Nifty IT index put up a strong show with a 0.7 per cent gain while the Nifty Realty index slipped 0.8 per cent.
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The BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices settled 1.5 per cent and 1.7 per cent higher, respectively
Global shares mostly gained Tuesday, boosted by a near-record rise on Wall Street, although the momentum began to fizzle over worries about the economic fallout from surging coronavirus infections in Asia. France's CAC 40 was little changed, inching down less than 0.1per cent to 6,682.28 in early trading, while Germany's DAX added 0.2per cent to 15,884.33. Britain's FTSE 100 slid 0.1per cent to 7,103.75. U.S. shares were set to drift higher with Dow futures gaining nearly 0.2per cent to 35,334.00. S&P 500 futures were up 0.2per cent at 4,485.75. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.9per cent to finish at 27,732.10. South Korea's Kospi gained 1.6per cent to 3,138.30. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.2per cent to 7,503.00. Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 2.5per cent to 25,727.92, while the Shanghai Composite was up 1.1per cent at 3,514.47. Some parts of Asia have had slower vaccine rollouts than the U.S. and Europe and are at a greater risk for the more contagious delta ...
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 1.2%, with Japan and South Korean indexes jumping more than 1%. Australia shares were up 0.2% and Taiwan stocks rose 0.7%.
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