Mumbai, May 6 (IANS) Indian equity markets traded higher on Wednesday in early deals, with benchmarks jumping almost 1 per cent each on global cues, amid hopes of de-escalation in the West Asia conflict.Sensex rose 0.85 per cent or 657 points to hit an intraday high of 77,675 in morning trade, while Nifty was trading at 24,250, up 0.90 per cent or 217 points from the previous close.Among sectoral indices, Nifty PSU Bank, Nifty Private Bank, Nifty Auto, Nifty Metal, and Nifty IT advanced up to ne…
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Mumbai, May 5 (IANS) Domestic equity markets on Tuesday traded sharply lower in the morning trade amid fresh jitters over escalating geopolitical tensions between the US and Iran.Sensex was trading at 76,745, down 0.67 per cent or 524 points in early trade, while Nifty slipped to 23,949, declining 0.7 per cent or 170 points.Sector-wise, selling pressure was driven by auto, financials, banking, consumer durables, and metal stocks. Nifty Auto, Nifty Private Bank, Nifty PSU Bank, Nifty Consumer Dur…
Mumbai, April 29 (IANS) Domestic equity markets traded higher on Wednesday despite a rise in crude oil prices and reports that the United States may extend its blockade of Iranian ports.Sensex traded 0.52 per cent, or 400 points, higher at 77,289.55, hitting an intraday high in early trade, while Nifty rose 0.53 per cent, or 127.8 points, to 24,123.55.Sector-wise, buying interest was seen in auto, chemicals, realty, energy and IT stocks.Nifty Auto, Nifty Chemicals, Nifty Realty, Nifty Oil & …
Mumbai, April 28 (IANS) Domestic equity markets traded lower in early morning session on Tuesday as investors remained cautious amid persistent geopolitical tensions between the US and Iran.Sensex declined as much as 0.42 per cent or 330 points to hit an intraday low of 76,973, while Nifty slipped 0.38 per cent, or 93 points, to trade at 23,999 in the early hours.On the sectoral front, Nifty PSU Bank, Nifty Private Bank, Nifty Pharma, Nifty Healthcare and Nifty FMCG indices were among the top la…
Mumbai, April 27 (IANS) Indian stock markets traded higher in early deals on Monday, with benchmark indices surging about 0.6 per cent each, driven by positive global cues. Sensex traded at 77,121.97, up 0.59 per cent or 457 points in early trade, while Nifty climbed to 24,047, rising 150 points or 0.62 per cent from the previous close, led by buying in realty, pharma, IT, auto, and banking stocks.However, Axis Bank, Shriram Finance, and Bajaj Finance were among the top laggards.Earlier in the s…
Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) The Indian equity markets posted sharp losses early on Thursday tracking cautious global cues and sustained foreign institutional selling, after the recent rally.As of 9.25 am, Sensex lost 671 points, or 0.85 per cent, to reach 77,845 and Nifty dipped 179 points, or 0.74 per cent, to reach 24,198.Main broad-cap indices showed divergence with the benchmark indices, as the Nifty Midcap 100 dipped 0.34 per cent, and the Nifty Smallcap 100 lost 0.16 per cent.All sectoral indi…
Mumbai, April 22 (IANS) Global crude oil prices edged higher to nearly $100 a barrel on Wednesday as traders and investors analysed the outlook for US-Iran peace talks following US President Donald Trump’s announcement to extend a fragile ceasefire, even as the Strait of Hormuz remained constrained.International benchmark Brent crude futures traded at $99.29 per barrel, up 0.82 per cent, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) rose 1.15 per cent to $90.71.Both benchmark contracts had gained aro…
Mumbai, April 22 (IANS) The Indian equity benchmarks traded lower in early hours on Wednesday, even after President Donald Trump announced an extension of the fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran.Sensex declined as much as 0.62 per cent, or about 500 points, to 78,779, while Nifty traded at 24,434, down 142.2 points or 0.57 per cent, amid selling pressure in IT, banking, pharma and healthcare stocks such as Max Healthcare, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, HCL Tech and Apollo Hospitals. Meanwhile, Nif…
Mumbai, April 21 (IANS) The Indian stock markets traded higher in early deals on Tuesday, supported by hopes of a peace deal between the United States and Iran, along with a decline in crude oil prices.Sensex rose 0.56 per cent, or 445 points, to hit an intra-day high of 78,966, while Nifty climbed 0.48 per cent or 118 points to 24,483, amid buying in realty, banking, metal, consumer durables and chemical stocks.Sectorally, Nifty Realty, Nifty Private Bank, Nifty Metal, Nifty Consumer Durables, …
Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) Global crude oil prices rebounded on Monday towards the $100 per barrel mark amid fresh escalations in the West Asia conflict.The international benchmark Brent crude futures rose as much as 7.18 per cent to hit an intraday high of $96.87 per barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude traded at $91.20, up 8.76 per cent from the previous close.On the domestic front, crude on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) traded at Rs 8,289, an increase of 6.72 per cent from t…