Sensex Rises Over 150 Points, Nifty Hovers Around 16,300 Led By HDFC, SBI

 

The Indian equity benchmarks edged higher on Tuesday led by gains in HDFC, Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Infosys, Bajaj Finance and Infosys. The Sensex rose as much as 177 points and Nifty 50 index touched an intraday high of 16,300. Meanwhile, Asian stocks started off on a weak footing on Tuesday after a largely soft performance on Wall Street and as persistent concerns over the spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus dented sentiment and triggered falls in metals and oil prices.

As of 9:22 am, the Sensex was up 174 points at 54,569 and Nifty 50 index advanced 45 points to 16,303.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan declined 0.4 per cent in early trading, with Korea’s KOSPI index down 0.56 per cent while China’s blue chip index CSI300 shed 0.33 per cent.

Back home, buying was visible across sectors as 11 of fifteen sector gauges compiled by the National Stock Exchange were trading higher led by the Nifty Financial Services index’s 0.4 per cent gain, Nifty Bank Private Bank, IT, Realty, Consumer Durables and Oil & Gas indexes were also trading higher.

On the other hand, media, metal, pharma and auto shares were witnessing a mild selling pressure.

Mid- and small-cap shares were trading mixed as Nifty Midcap 100 index rose 0.3 per cent while Nifty Smallcap 100 index was trading on flat note.

Reliance Industries was among the top Nifty gainers, the stock rose 1 per cent to Rs 2,098 after its arm Reliance New Energy Solar, along with strategic investors Paulson & Co. Inc. and Bill Gates, and a few other investors, has announced an investment of $144 million in Ambri Inc, an energy storage company based in Massachusetts, USA.

HDFC, Kotak Mahindra Bank, HDFC Life, Axis Bank, Titan, Mahindra & Mahindra, Bharti Airtel and IndusInd Bank were also among the gainers.

On the flipside, Shree Cements, Power Grid, Grasim, Hero MotoCorp, Bajaj Auto, JSW Steel, Nestle India, ITC, Britannia and ONGC were among the losers.

The overall market breadth was neutral as 1,377 shares were advancing while 1,246 were declining on the BSE.

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