MARKET LIVE: Sensex up 350 pts; BSE SmallCap up 2%; realty, PSBs outperform

MARKET LIVE: Sensex up 350 pts; BSE SmallCap up 2%; realty, PSBs outperform




at 10 AM

LIVE market updates: Indian equities built on their gains and were trading near the day’s high at around 10:00 AM with PSB, realty, and IT stocks leading from the front.








The key NSE indices for the above mentioned sectors were up 3 per cent, 2 per cent, and 1.3 per cent, respectively.

Overall, the BSE Sensex was quoting at 61,383 levels, up 417 points or 0.7 per cent, while the broader 50-share Nifty reclaimed the 18,250-mark and was at 18,261, up 0.75 per cent.

The broader stabilised on Tuesday, too, after days of massive selling witht the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices up 1.45 per cent and 1.8 per cent, respectively.

Jagran Prakashan, Hikal, Kei Industries, Subros, and Home First Finance were up in the range of 8 to 12 per cent in the smallcap space while Lodha, IRCTC, Tata Power, Sona Comstar, and IDFC First Bank were the top midcap gainers. These shares rallied up to 9 per cent on the BSE.

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Opening Bell (Updated at 9:25 AM)

LIVE market updates: The frontline indices extended their winning ways into second day, on the back of across-the-board buying. That apart, positive global cues also lent support to the


In early trade, the headline was at 61,231 levels, up 263 points or 0.43 per cent while the index was testing 18,200 levels.


In the broader markets, the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices added 0.4 per cent and 0.6 per cent, respectively.

Among individual stocks, Tech M shares surged over 5 per cent in early trade after the company’s Q2FY22 net rose 25.8 per cent YoY to Rs 1,339 crore, while revenue grew 16.1 per cent YoY to Rs 10,881 crore.

CEAT shares, however, declined over 6 per cent after Q2FY22 net plunged 76.9 per cent to Rs 42 crore as against Rs 181.9 crore in Q2FY21. Revenue, however, was up 23.9 per cent at Rs 2,451.8 crore from Rs 1,978.5 crore in the same period.

Sectorally, all the indices were trading in the green barring the Nifty Private Bank index, which was down 0.04 per cent.


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Pre-open session (Updated at 9:05 AM)

LIVE market updates:

The BSE Sensex advanced 63 points to quote at61,030 levels in pre-open session. The Nifty, on the other hand, held above the 18,100-mark at 18,132.

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LIVE market updates (Updated at 8:15 AM): The markets are likely to start trade on a quiet note despite positive global cues and strong Q2 earnings by India Inc, as valuations concerns linger.

The BSE Sensex ended Monday with a gain of 145 points, while the NSE index was up 10 points at 18,1125. The was up 36 points at 18,177 at 08:10 AM.

Earnings today

ABB, Ambuja Cement, Axis Bank, Bajaj Finance, BirlaSoft, Canara Bank, Central Bank, Cipla, Gati, Greaves Cotton, Hikal Chemicals, IRB, Kotak Bank, Mahindra Lifespace, Mahanagar Gas, MRPL, Persistent Systems, Torrent Pharma and Zensar Technologies are some of the prominent companies to announce September quarter results today.

Global cues


The US markets ended higher in trade on Monday on the back of robust earnings even as oil traded at 3-year highs, and gold too rose amid persistent worries about inflation. The Dow gained 0.2 per cent, and the S&P 500 was up 0.5 per cent, while the Nasdaq jumped 0.9 per cent.


Brent crude rose 0.13 per cent to $86.10 a barrel in early trade today. Gold prices rallied nearly a per cent to $1,807.71 per ounce.


In Asia, Japan’s Nikkei rallied 1.7 per cent early Tuesday. Shanghai Composite and Kospi were up over 0.5 per cent each. The S&P/ASX 200 also added 0.2 per cent.





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