Stock market today: The Sensex, Nifty indices are now only around 1 per cent away from reclaiming their all-time highs of 62,245.43 and 18,604.45, respectively
The stock hit a new high of Rs 610.75, and has rallied 12 per cent in past two days, surpassing its previous high of Rs 598.90, touched on November 24, 2017.
In the Sensex pack, Maruti, Reliance Industries, NTPC, Power Grid, Mahindra & Mahindra, Bajaj Finserv, Titan and Kotak Mahindra Bank were the major winners
Analysts believe ITC would continue to grow in its core business of Cigarettes and FMCG with stable taxation & softening of raw material prices.
Adoption of 5G-enabled smartphones in India is expected to triple and this, in turn, will drive the fluoropolymers market and benefit the Gujarat Fluorochemicals.
Shares of Liberty Shoes hit a fresh four-year high at Rs 270.40, surging as much as 8 per cent in Wednesday's intra-day trade, in an otherwise a weak market.
With a number of reforms being introduced in the Power & Grid sector, the company expects it to remain resilient.
Business Standard's Puneet Wadhwa spoke with Mark Matthews, head of research for Asia at Julius Baer to understand what he makes of the current market rally and if the worst of inflation is behind us
The rally in PSU pack thus far in CY22 was mostly led by stocks from the banking and defence-related verticals, while those of oil & gas and metals & minerals did not contribute much
Recent rally in bonds despite US bond selloff signals optimism on global index inclusion
Nevertheless, an upside surprise to inflation will easily cement market expectations of another outsized 75 basis points rate hike
The stock was locked in upper circuit for the fifth straight day, up 5 per cent at Rs 17.93 on the BSE in Wednesday's trade in an otherwise weak market.
The BSE Sensex jumped 1,564.45 points or 2.7% to settle at 59,537.07
The change in their stance, analysts said, stems from the hope that the global central banks, especially US Fed may go soft on rate hikes as inflation cools off over the next few months.
The NSE Nifty 50 Index has surged more than 14% from a mid-June low as overseas investors turned buyers after months of withdrawals
On their part, technical analysts see the Nifty is hit 18,100-18,200 levels before it makes any major attempt to reverse. However, this journey, they caution, can see intermittent corrections
State-owned lenders, which hold large quantities if G-Secs, to face brunt of yield spike
At the current levels, the stock trades 10 per lower from its historic peak of Rs 2,858.15 hit on April 29, 2022
Analysts believe that increased traction in exports and services coupled with strong execution drove ABB's strong performance across segments.
Sensex and Nifty need to conquer 100-DMA to avoid a major sell-off. Global cues, too, need to remain supportive for the up trend to resume