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Commodities, Currency, Equities, Markets - May 26, 2020

Market Update 26th May 2020. Pharma and IT stocks decline.

Market Update 26th May 2020. Pharma and IT stocks decline.

Overall performance:

Today, Indian indices ended on low note, dragged by IT and Pharma sector stocks. While market closed, SENSEX was down by 63.29 points or 0.21%, closing at 30,609.30 and NIFTY was down by 10.20 points or 0.11%, closing at 9,029.05. The S&P BSE midcap index was up by 136.56 points or 1.21%, closing at 11,406.58 and S&P BSE Small cap increased by 66.19 points or 0.63%, closing at 10,590.42. NIFTY Midcap 100 closed at 12,835.65, up by 167.60 points or 1.32%, closing at 12,835.65 and NIFTY Small cap 100 closed at 3,880.20, up by 29.35 points or 0.76%.

Global indices and commodiies:

When Indian market closed, DAX was trading at 11,462.39 up by 71.11 points or 0.62%. NASDAQ was trading at 9,324.59 up by 39.71 points or 0.43%. CAC was trading at 4,594.76, up by 1.21% or 54.85 points. While, SGX Nifty was down by 60.50 points or 0.67% and trading at 9,021.50. Currently, Gold is trading at 46,760 down by 218 points and 0.46%, Silver is trading at 48,525 up by 268 points and 0.56% and Crude oil is trading at 2,582 which is up by 5.00 points or by 0.19%.

Currency:

At the closing time of Indian indices, almost all the currencies were trading at a higher note except USD. USD was trading at Rs 75.66, down by 0.38% or 0.29 points. EURO was trading at Rs 82.91, up by 0.17% or 0.14 points and GBP was trading at Rs 93.09, up by 0.76% or 0.71 points.

Sector:

Today, almost all other sectors ended on higher note, expect for the energy, IT and healthcare sector. The S&P BSE Auto index increased by 210.00 points or by 1.61%, closing at 13,280.10 and S&P BSE Metal gained 175.86 points or 2.84%. While, S&P BSE Health care fell by 100.26 points and BSE IT fell by 294.31 points. At closing, NIFTY BANK increased by 161.45 points or 0.93%, closed at 17,440.35 and NIFTY Auto increased by 87.30 points, closing at 5,854.30. While, NIFTY IT and Pharma fell by 267.70 points and 117.15 points respectively.

Top 5 gainers:

Share price of Eicher Motors increased by 882.70 points or 6.34%, closing at Rs 14,805.10. JSW Steel gained 10.10 points or 6.08% and closed at Rs 176.25. Titan company’s shares increased by 43.10 points or 5.07%, closing at Rs 892.75. Share price of Ultra tech cement increased by 147.05 points or 4.04%, closing at Rs 3786.00 and Shree cements was up by 757.05 points or 3.80% and closed at Rs 20667.30.

Top 5 losers:

Today, Bharti Airtel declined by 33.95 points or 5.72%, closing at Rs 559.25. Bajaj finance which is decreasing from last few days, today declined by 3.50% or 66.30 points, closing at Rs 1829.00. Bajaj Finserv decreased by 218.30 points or by 5.06%, closing at Rs 4097.25. Share price of TCS fell by 77.35 points or 3.83%, closing at Rs 1,943. Sun Pharma declined by 10.25 points or 2.18%, closing at Rs 459.15 and Cipla decreased by 11.65 points or 1.82%, closing at Rs 627.70.

Stock in news:

Most active stock by volume were stocks such as Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel, IDFC First Bank, Jindal Steel, ITC, Adani power, Tata power and SBI. Eicher Motors was in news as share price of the company increased by 882.70 points and closed at Rs 14,805.10. Also, shares of Ruchi Soya locked in 5% lower circuit today due to the profit bookings and closed at Rs 547.15, down by 28.75 points. Avenue super marts was also in news as they posted 41.6% YoY increase in their consolidated profit, closing at Rs 2,283.25.

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Devyani International Q1 FY26 Results: Revenue Growth Amid Profit Challenges

Commodities, Currency, Equities, Market News, Markets - May 22, 2020

Market update 22nd May 2020. Financials dip after RBI's announcement.

Market update 22nd May 2020. Financials dip after RBI’s announcement.

Overall performance:

Indian indices ended on low note today, mostly dragged by banking and financial sector stocks. When market closed, SENSEX was down by 260.31 points or 0.84%, closing at 30,672.59 and NIFTY was down by 67 points or 0.74%, closing at 9,039.25. While, the S&P BSE midcap index was down by 93.82 points or 0.83%, closing at 11,270.02. S&P BSE Small cap decreased by 23.90 points or 0.23%, closing at 10,524.23. NIFTY Midcap 100 closed at 12,668.05, down by 94.60 points or 0.74%, closing at 12,668.05 and NIFTY Small cap 100 closed at 3,850.85, down by 24.35 points or 0.63%.

Global indices and commodities:

When Indian market closed, DAX was trading at 11,016.77 down by 49.16 points or 0.44%. NASDAQ was trading at 9,284.88 down by 90.90 points or 0.97% and CAC was trading at 4,435.93, down by 0.21% or 9.52 points. While, SGX Nifty was down by 45.50 points or 0.50% and trading at 9,035.50. Currently, Gold is trading at 46,965 up by 577 points and 1.24%. Silver is trading at 47,719 up by 415 points and 0.88%. Crude oil is trading at 2,424 which is declined by 139 points and 5.42%.

Currency:

At the closing time of Indian indices, USD was trading at Rs 75.95, up by 0.34%. EURO was trading at Rs 82.69, down by 0.11% and GBP was trading at Rs 92.32, down by 0.10%.

Sector:

Among the sectors, IT, Auto, Pharma and media sector ended on high note but banking and financial sector ended on low note. The S&P BSE Auto index increased by 48.79 points while, S&P BSE Energy declined by 18.29 points or 0.41%,.BSE BANKEX fell by 497.17 points or 2.44%. At closing, NIFTY BANK decreased by 456.20 points or 2.57%, closing at 17,278.90 while, NIFTY IT increased by 194.75 points or 1.43%, closing at 13,842.65.

Top 5 gainers:

Today, share price of Zee Entertainment increased by 9.30 points or 6.04%, closing at Rs 163.25. Mahindra & Mahindra which is increasing from the last few days, gained 18.05 points or 4.42% and closed at Rs 426.35. Shares of Cipla increased by 22.75 points or 3.69%, closing at Rs 639.35. Shree Cements increased by 659.10 points or 3.42%, closing at Rs 19,910.25 and Infosys was up by 20.15 points or 3% and closed at Rs 692.35.

Top 5 losers:

Today, shares which declined the most were from the banking or finance sector. Axis bank declined by 20.25 points or 5.67%, closing at Rs 336.95. HDFC shares declined by 5.08% or 81.15 points, closing at Rs 1,516.15. Bajaj Finserv decreased by 223.65 points or by 4.93%, closing at Rs 4,315.55. Share price of Bajaj finance fell by 94.90 points or 4.77%, closing at Rs 1,895.30 and ICICI Bank declined by 13.35 points or 4.39%, closing at Rs 291.05.

Stock in news:

Shares of Pharma and Auto sectors ended on high note. IRCTC was in news after booking for passenger trains started their shares are increasing. Today it increased by 22.70 points, closing at Rs 1422.70. Today, around 31 stocks touched their 52 week low which includes Bajaj Finance, Chennai Petroleum Corporation, SBI, ABB, India bulls, Cyient, The Karnataka Bank and Power Finance Corporation.

Zee entertainment was in news as share price of the company increased by 6.04 percent and closed at Rs 163.25. Also, Mahindra & Mahindra gained 4.42%, closing at Rs 426.35 . Other than these stocks, most active stocks in terms of volume were Vodafone idea, SBI, ICICI Bank, BHEL, Bank of Baroda, Axis Bank and IDFC First Bank in terms of volume.

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Aarti Industries Ltd Q1 FY23 Result Updates.

Commodities, Currency, Equities, Market News, Markets - May 21, 2020

Market update 21st May 2020. ITC record biggest one-day gain in nearly 2 months.

Market update 21st May 2020. ITC record biggest one-day gain in nearly 2 months.

Overall performance:

Indian indices ended on high note. While market closed, SENSEX was up by 114.29 points or 0.37%, closing at 30,932.90 and NIFTY was up by 39.70 points or 0.44%, closing at 9,106.25. While, the S&P BSE midcap index was up by 85.62 points or 0.76%, closing at 11,363.84 and S&P BSE Small cap increased by 75.76 points or 0.72%, closing at 10,548.13 NIFTY Midcap 100 closed at 12,762.65, up by 98.45 points or 0.78% and NIFTY Small cap 100 closed at 3,875.20, up by 23.45 points or 0.61%.

Global indices and commodities:

When Indian market closed, DAX was trading at 11,067.85 down by 155.86 points or 1.39%. NASDAQ was trading at 9,375.78 up by 190.68 points or 2.08% and CAC was trading at 4,452.40, down by 0.99% or 44.58 points. While, SGX Nifty was down by 18.50 points or 0.20% and trading at 9,064.50. Currently, Gold is trading at 46,692 down by 451 points and 0.96%. Silver is trading at 48,101 down by 957 points and 1.95%. Crude oil is trading at 2,604 which is up by 84 points and 3.33%.

Currency:

At the closing time of Indian indices, almost all the currencies were trading at a lower note. USD was trading at Rs 75.60, down by 0.25%. EURO was trading at Rs 82.84, down by 0.11% and GBP was trading at Rs 92.38, down by 0.10%.

Sector:

Today, almost all other sectors ended on higher note, expect for the banking sector. The S&P BSE Auto index increased by 311.34 points or by 2.45% and S&P BSE Energy gained 22.61 points or 0.51% while BSE CDGS increased by 2.09%. At closing, NIFTY BANK decreased by 105.10 points or 0.59%, closing at 17,735.10 and NIFTY IT and AUTO increased by 130.55 points and 146.10 points respectively.

Top 5 gainers:

Share price of ITC increased by 13.20 points or 7.51%, closing at Rs 188.95. Hindalco gained 129.50 points or 7.20% and closed at Rs 129.50. Asian paints increased by 74.25 points or 4.95%, closing at Rs 1,574.30. Hero MotoCorp increased by 95.90 points or 4.74%, closing at Rs 2,119.50 and Maruti Suzuki was up by 158.15 points or 3.23% and closed at Rs 5,050.10.

Top 5 losers:

Bajaj Finserv declined by 162.85 points or 3.46%, closing at Rs 4,539.20. IndusInd bank which is declining from the last few days, declined by 2.94% or 10.50 points, closing at Rs 346.80. NTPC decreased by 2.65 points or by 2.85%, closing at Rs 90.25. Share price of Bajaj Finance fell by 52.60 points or 2.57%, closing at Rs 1,990.20 and Adani ports declined by 6.60 points or 2.04%, closing at Rs 317.15.

Stock in news:

Hero MotoCorp was in news as share price of the company increased by 95.90 points and closed at Rs 2,119.50. Also, IRCTC locked in upper circuit at 5% for the second day, closing at Rs 1,400 after bookings for passenger train started. Other than these stocks, most active stocks were Vodafone idea, SBI, ITC, Bank of Baroda, ICICI Bank and Alok Leyland in terms of volume.

Market update 20th May 2020. SENSEX, NIFTY close on a positive note.

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Avenue Supermarts Shares Jump 4% as New Store Openings Boost Growth Prospects

Commodities, Currency, Equities, Market News, Markets - May 20, 2020

Market update 20th May 2020. SENSEX, NIFTY close on a positive note.

Market update 20th May 2020. SENSEX, NIFTY close on a positive note.

Overall performance:

Today, for the second consecutive day Indian indices ended on a high note. As market closed, SENSEX was up by 622.44 points or 2.06%, closing at 30,818.61 and NIFTY was up by 187.45 points or 2.11%, closing at 9,066.55 While, the S&P BSE midcap index was up by 166.09 points or 1.49%, closing at 11,278.22 and S&P BSE Small cap increased by 117.19 points or 1.13%, closing at 10,472.37. NIFTY Midcap 100 closed at 12,664.20, up by 193.50 points or 1.55% and NIFTY Small cap 100 closed at 3,851.75, up by 39.80 points or 1.04%.

Global indices and commodities:

When Indian market closed, DAX was trading at 11,136.49 up by 61.20 points or 0.55%, NASDAQ was trading at 9,185.10 down by 49.73 points or 0.54% and CAC was trading at 4,452.75, down by 0.12% or 5.41 points. While, SGX Nifty was up by 259 points or 2.94% and trading at 9,083.00. Currently, Gold is trading at 47,203 up by 153 points and 0.33%, Silver is trading at 49,045 up by 227 points and 0.46%. Crude oil is trading at 2,442 which is up by 40 points and 1.67%.

Currency:

At the time of closing of Indian indices, USD was trading at Rs 75.79, up by 0.21%. EURO was trading at Rs 82.80, up by 0.22% and GBP was trading at Rs 92.79, up by 0.13%.

Sector:

Today, almost all other sectors ended on a high note. The S&P BSE Auto index rose by 258.63 points and S&P BSE Energy rose by 84.07 points or 1.93%. At closing, NIFTY BANK increased by 353.95 points or 2.02%, closing at 17,840.20 while, NIFTY IT increased by 70.80 points or 0.53%.

Top 5 gainers:

Share price of Shree Cements increased by 1,070.90 points or 5.84%, closing at Rs 19,411.65. Mahindra & Mahindra gained 22.15 points or 5.78% and closed at Rs 405.05. Shares of Dr Reddys Labs increased by 210.60 points or 5.69%, closing at Rs 3,910.20. HDFC gained 87.15 points or 5.66%, closing at Rs 1,627 and Eicher Motors was up by 708.90 points or 5.47% and closed at Rs 13,675.10.

Top 5 losers:

Today, Bharti Infratel declined by 17.90 points or 8.18%, closing at Rs 200.85. Vedanta, which is decreasing from last 2 days, declined by 1.61% or 1.45 points, closing at Rs 88.55, IndusInd bank decreased by 10.50 points or by 2.85%, closing at Rs 357.30. Share price of Hero MotoCorp fell by 49.90 points or 2.41%, closing at Rs 2,023.60 and Bharti Airtel declined by 4.75 points or 0.79%, closing at Rs 594.05.

Stock in news:

Today, shares of Pharma, banking and Auto sectors ended on higher note. Shree cements was in news as share price of the company increased by 1,070.90 points and closed at Rs 19,411.65. Bharti Infratel was also in news as today their share price decreased more than 8%, closing at Rs 200.85 and Mahindra and Mahindra shares which was declining since last few days, today gained 22.15 points. Other than these stocks, most active stocks were Vodafone idea, SBI, Tata powers, ICICI Bank, BHEL and Alok Industries in terms of volume.

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India Inc: Navigating a Challenging Q2 with Resilience in ROCE

Equities - May 19, 2020

Market update 19th May 2020. Vodafone Idea rises 17%

Market update 19th May 2020. Vodafone Idea rises 17%

Overall performance:

After 3 days, Indian indices ended on higher note. However, NIFTY did not cross the 8,900 mark. After market closed, SENSEX was up by 167.19 points or 0.56%, closing at 30,196.17 and NIFTY was up by 55.85 points or 0.63%, closing at 8,879.10 While, the S&P BSE midcap index was up by 56.96 points or 0.52%, closing at 11,112.13 and S&P BSE Small cap declined by 21.13 points or 0.20%, closing at 10,355.18 NIFTY Midcap 100 closed at 12,471.15, up by 61.80 points or 0.50% and NIFTY Small cap 100 closed at 3,811.95, up by 7.05 points or 0.19%.

Global indices and commodity:

When Indian market closed, DAX was trading at 10,975.92, down by 76.266 points or 0.69%, NASDAQ was trading at 9,234.83 up by 220.27 points or 2.44% and CAC was trading at 4,447.57, down by 1.13% or 50.77 points. While, SGX Nifty was up by 42.50 points or 0.48% and trading at 8,828.00 Currently, Gold is trading at 46,718 up by 56 points and 0.12%, Silver is trading at 47,520 down by 182 points and 0.38%. Crude oil is trading at 2,401 which is down by 1.00 points and 0.04%.

Currency:

At the closing time of Indian indices, USD was trading at Rs 75.64, down by 0.36%. EURO was trading at Rs 82.82, up by 0.29% and GBP was trading at Rs 92.49, up by 0.23%.

Sector:

Today, other than banking sector, all other sectors ended on a higher note. The S&P BSE Auto index increased by 144.11 points and S&P BSE IT gained 100.68 points or 0.75% At closing, NIFTY BANK fell by 86.95 points or 0.49%, closing at 17,486.25. While, NIFTY IT increased by 132.20 points or 0.99%.

Top 5 gainers:

Share price of Bharti Airtel increased by 60.75 points or 11.29%, closing at Rs 598.80, Adani Ports gained 25.90 points or 8.83% and closed at Rs 319.20. ONGC increased by 4.25 points or 5.83%, closing at Rs 77.15. Bharti Infratel gained 11.65 points or 5.63%, closing at Rs 218.75 and UltraTechCement which is increasing from two consecutive days, was up by 130.35 points or 3.94% and closed at Rs 3438.15.

Top 5 losers:

Today, UPL declined by 36.15 points or 9.62%, closing at Rs 339.65. Vedanta fell by 2.70% or 2.50 points, closing at Rs 90, Induslnd bank decreased by 8.95 points or by 2.38%, closing at Rs 367.80. Share price of Reliance fell by 31.85 points or 2.21%, closing at Rs 1408.90 and Larsen declined by 17 points or 2.09%, closing at Rs 796.35.

Stock in news:

UPL was in news as share price of the company fell around 10%, even after the market ended on higher note today and closed at Rs 339.65. Bharti Airtel was also in news as today their share price increased by more than 11%, closing at Rs 598.80. Other than these stocks, most active stocks were Vodafone idea, SBI, Tata motors, ICICI Bank, BHEL and Bank of Baroda in terms of volume.

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Equities - May 11, 2020

Market update 11th May 2020. IRCTC 5% Up

Market update 11th May 2020. IRCTC 5% Up

Overall performance:

Indian stock market closed lower on 11th May. At close, SENSEX was down by 81.48 points or 0.26% at 31,561.22 and NIFTY was down by 12.30 points or 0.13% at 9,239.20. However, the S&P BSE Small cap index fell by 10.56 points or 0.10% closing at 10,628.14 and S&P BSE mid cap index was up by 0.65% or 74.20 points closing at 11,498.01.

Global indices and commodities:

When Indian market closed, DAX was trading at 10,818.48, down by 86.00 points or 0.79%, NASDAQ was trading at 9,121.32 up by 1.58% or 141.66 points and CAC was trading at 4,485.11, down by 1.42% or 64.53 points. While, SGX Nifty was down by 41 points or 0.44% and trading at 9,215.00
Currently, Gold is trading at 45,656 down by 156 points and 0.34%, Silver is trading at 42,972 down by 321 points and 0.74% and Crude oil is trading at 1,844 which is up by 7 points and 0.38%.

Currency:

At the time of closing of Indian indices, USD was trading at 75.74, up by 0.19%. EURO was trading at 81.96, up by 0.07% and GBP was trading at 93.37, down by 0.35%. Indian Rupee ended higher by 0.26% at 75.74 per Dollar.

Sector:

Sector wise, the S&P BSE Finance index declined by 77.21 points and S&P BSE Auto rose by 522.72 points or 4.23%. At closing, NIFTY BANK fell by 402.40 points but NIFTY Auto increased by 231.95 points or 4.26%.

Top 5 gainers:

Today, most of the top gainers were auto stock. Hero MotoCorp gained 6.42% closing at 2,0885.65. Tata Motors increased by 6.23% closing at 86.10, Maruti Suzuki and Bajaj auto gained 6.09% closing at 4,937.80 and 2,566.30 respectively. Bharti infratel increased by 5.37% closing at 183.60.

Top 5 losers:

ICICI bank declined by 5.20% and closing at Rs 320.15, both BPCL and Dr Reddys Labs fell by 3.06% closing at Rs 314.80 and 3,862 respectively. Kotak Mahindra decreased by 2.38% closing at Rs 1,188.45 and HUL fell by 1.98% closing at Rs 2,048.

Stock in news:

Most active stock by volume were reliance, ICICI bank, HUL and Maruti Suzuki. After online bookings for passenger train started today, shares of IRCTC locked in 5 percent upper circuit closing at Rs 1,303.55 and up by 62.05 points. Other stock in news was Vodafone idea as their share price jumped today by 9.52 percent, closing at Rs 4.40 and around 77,55,07,976 shares were traded today.

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Equities - May 9, 2020

Market Update 8th May 2020. Cyient locked on Lower Circuit

How the stock market performed on 8th May?

Overall performance:

Indian indices ended higher on 8th May witnessing profit booking during the last hour of trade which pulled the NIFTY below 9,300. SENSEX closed at 31,642.70 up by 0.63% or 199.32 points. NIFTY closed at 9,251.50 up by 0.57% or 52.45 points. However, the S&P BSE Small cap index fell by 48.05 points or 0.45% and S&P BSE mid cap index was up by 0.04% or 4.13 points closing at 11,423.81.

Global indices and commodity:

When the Indian market closed, DAX was trading at 10,887.52, up by 128.25 points or 1.04%, NASDAQ was trading at 9,041.42, up by 1.41% or 125.27 points and CAC was trading at 4,537.86, up by 0.95% or 36.45 points.

Currently, Gold is trading at 46,050, down by 111 points and 0.24%, Silver is trading at 43,281, up by 158 points and 0.37% and Crude oil is trading at 1,841 which is up by 7 points and 0.38%.

Currency:

At the time of closing of Indian markets, USD was trading at Rs 75.54, down by 0.28%. EURO was trading at Rs 81.89, down by 0.25% and GBP was trading at Rs 93.84, up by 0.17%. Indian Rupee ended higher, 21 paise at Rs 75.55 per Dollar.

Sector:

Sector wise, the S&P BSE Finance index declined by 0.37% and S&P BSE Auto down by 1.29%.

At closing, NIFTY BANK fell by 138.90 points and NIFTY IT increased by 0.83%.

Top 5 gainers:

HUL increased by 4.89%, closing at Rs 2,089.45, Nestle was up by 3.85% and closed at Rs 17,802.95, Tech Mahindra gained 3.84% and closed Rs 536.20. Dr Reddys Labs closed at Rs 3,984, up by 3.81% and Sun Pharma increased by 3.72%, closing at Rs 469.

Top 5 losers:

Cyient fell by 10%, closing at Rs 208.50, RBL bank declined by 7.37% and closed at Rs 119.35, Axis bank declined by 3.85%, closing at Rs 382.05 while, NTPC fell by 3.81% , closing at Rs 87 and M&M decreased by 3.48%, closing at Rs 386.70.

Stocks in news:

Most active stocks were SBI, RBL Bank, Yes bank and RIL in terms of volume. Cyient was in news as their stock hit lower circuit today at 10%, closing at 208.50 due to weak revenue growth management guidance for Q1FY21. After US based private equity fund firm, Vista Equity announced to buy stake in RIL’s digital unit Jio, share price of RIL gained 3.64% or 54.85 points and closed at 1,561.80

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Commodities - February 8, 2019

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