Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) hit a record high of Rs 3,127.55 apiece in the intra-day trade and closed 3 per cent higher ahead of the announcement of Q3FY21 results
Overall, market breadth remained in the favour of the bulls with nearly two stocks rising against a stock that declined at the bourses
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In the broader market, the S&P BSE MidCap index ended the day in the green, up 0.4 per cent at 18,749 level.
Axis Bank ended the session as top Sensex gainers, up 6 per cent at close, followed by gains in HDFC (2.7 per cent), IndusInd Bank (2.7 per cent), and TCS (1.7 per cent)
The shares of Hindustan Aeronautics, Bharat Electronics, Bharat Dynamics, Mazagon Dock, and Mishra Dhatu Nigam rose 15-30 per cent last year.
In the broader market, the S&P BSE MidCap and SmallCap zoomed 1 per cent and 0.9 per cent, respectively
Investors comforted from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's declaration that India will begin its Covid-19 vaccination programme in 2021
All that happened in the markets today
All that happened in the markets today
All that happened in the markets today
Markets will remain shut on Friday on account of Christmas.
It is true that volatility can have an adverse impact on one's trading behaviour, and yet, acknowledging and managing the risk can, on the other hand, can provide significant returns
India VIX cooled off over 6 per cent to end at 20.5 levels
The broader Nifty50, on the other hand, clawed back above the 13,400-mark and closed at 13,466 level, up 138 points or 1.03 per cent
BNP Paribas expects Sensex to hit 50,500 by December 2021. JP Morgan, meanwhile, expects Nifty50 to scale 15,000 levels by the end of next year
The top three Covid-19 vaccines that are currently awaiting the government's approval in India are: Pfizer and BioNTech, Oxford-AstraZeneca and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin
InterGlobe Aviation and SpiceJet sunk up to 10 per cent on the BSE after India suspended flights from the UK till December 31
The broader markets ended in the red for second straight day.
Markets today: Heavyweights like HDFC, Bajaj Finance, HDFC Bank, and Reliance ended between 0.5 per cent and 3 per cent higher on the S&P BSE Sensex