CLOSING BELL: Tata Steel, Power Grid, Sun Pharma, Axis Bank, Bharti Airtel, Kotak Bank, M&M, HDFC, Dr Reddy's Labs, and Titan were the leading winners
Stocks to watch today: SBI Cards, Indus Towers will report July-September quarter results on Thursday, October 27; Sony India and Zee Ent plan to sell 3 Hindi channels to address anti-competition
The analysis is based on 1,401 companies with their September-end price data since 2004
Profit-booking comes to play, investors dump FMCG, pvt banking stocks
CLOSING BELL: The top drags were Nestle, Bajaj Finserv, HUL, Kotak Bank, RIL, HDFC, Bajaj Finance, Asian Paints, and IndusInd Bank as they fell in the range of 1 per cent to 3 per cent
Recovering after a sharp sell-off in later afternoon trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex ended 104.25 points or 0.18 per cent higher at 59,307.15.
The BSE MidCap index fell about 4 per cent in Samvat 2078, while the BSE SmallCap index added 0.4 per cent
World stocks were largely negative ahead of a slew of central bank meetings
HUL Q2 preview: Analysts expect the cost inflation in palm prices and packaging material to dent the FMCG major's margin picture in Q2-FY23
CLOSING BELL: Meanwhile, the rupee will fall further against the US dollar over the rest of the year, a Reuters poll showed. It slipped to a record low of 83.21 today, and ended at 82.75/$
As we enter Samvat 2079, analysts believe that the domestic market's outperformance against global peers will sustain as fundamentals and profitability of Indian corporate improves
CLOSING BELL: HDFC, Nestle India, ITC, RIL, Axis Bank, and Ultratech Cement were the top gainers
Stock exchanges in Europe were trading in the positive territory in mid-session deals
CLOSING BELL: The gains were largely led by bank, auto, IT, and FMCG stocks. Their sectoral indices were up over 1 per cent each
The adhesive maker's inclusion to be ad hoc; analysts divided over treatment around HDFC's removal
CLOSING BELL: Sectorally, the Nifty PSU Bank index climbed 3.6 per cent, Nifty Bank index 1.6 per cent, Nifty Financial Services and Private Bank indices up to 1.5 per cent
The fall in the Indian market is far subdued, compared to many global peers that have slipped into bear-market territory
Dip in dollar and bonds boosts global equities
CLOSING BELL: A sharp pull-back in the US overnight triggered the relief rally in our markets on Friday. Benchmark indices however pared gains in the latter half of the trading day.
Stocks to watch today: Bajaj Auto & Shree Cement will post September quarter (Q2FY23) results on Friday, October 14; Infosys posted 11 per cent YoY rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 6,021 cr in Q2