MARKET WRAP

CLOSING BELL: The broader markets, meanwhile, bled more with the BSE SmallCap index sliding nearly 3 per cent, and the BSE MidCap index falling close to 2 per cent

CLOSING BELL: Tata Motors, NTPC, Power Grid, Infosys, Bajaj Finserv, Asian Paints, RIL, ITC, HDFC, Wipro, TCS, Axis Bank, HUL, and HCL Tech were the top Sensex gainers today

Stock market live updates: Broader indices, however, were seen holding gains up to 0.5 per cent.

CLOSING BELL: The BSE benchmark index ended lower for the fourth straight trading session, and has shed 2,448 points during this period.

The S&P BSE Sensex closed the session at 36,068, down 8 points, while, the National Stock Exchange's (NSE's) Nifty50 index added just 3 points to settle at 10,863

CLOSING BELL: The S&P BSE Sensex traded in a broad range of 921 points on Thursday as it hit a high and low of 54,346 and 53,425, respectively

CLOSING BELL: On the NSE, the Nifty50 shut shop at 16,138, down 77 points or 0.47 per cent

CLOSING BELL: The sharp knock in metal stocks came after he government levied export duty on 11 iron and steel intermediates and key steel products.

CLOSING BELL: Dr Reddy's Labs, JSW Steel, Nestle India, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Cipla, Adani Ports, L&T, RIL, Axis Bank, and SBI led from the front, rallying over 3.5 per cent each

CLOSING BELL: Sectorally, the Nifty Realty and PSU Bank indices were the worst hit as they slipped 1.75 per cent and 1.6 per cent on the NSE

CLOSING BELL: Shares of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) listed at Rs 867.20 on the BSE, a 8.6 per cent discount when compared with its issue price of Rs 949 per share

NTPC, Bajaj Finance, Maruti Suzuki, SBI, HDFC, Kotak Bank, M&M, and IndusInd Bank were the top gainers on the Sensex index

CLOSING BELL :: The S&P BSE Sensex opened gap-down and sunk 1,386 points intra-day to hit a low of 52,702 levels

CLOSING BELL: Around 3:30 PM, the mega IPO of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) was subscribed 91 per cent with policyholders' quota seeing a subscription of 2.79 times

CLOSING BELL: IndusInd Bank, NTPC, Tata Steel, HDFC, PowerGrid, and ITC were the major gainers

CLOSING BELL: Coal India, Adani Ports, Power Grid, Maruti Suzuki, Bajaj Auto, ONGC, Wipro, and Britannia Industries were the other laggards, down between 2.5 per cent and 4 per cent

CLOSING BELL: 26 of the 30 Sensex constituents and 45 of the 50 Nifty constituents ended the day in the green led by HUL, HDFC Life, SBI Life, Asian Paints, UPL, PowerGrid, L&T, NTPC, SBI, and Infosys

CLOSING BELL: Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) will come out with its IPO on May 4

CLOSING BELL: Sectorally, all the indices ended in the green zone, led by the Nifty Realty and Auto indices, up 3.5 per cent and 3 per cent, respectively

CLOSING BELL: Bajaj Auto, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, HDFC, Nestle India, Bharti Airtel, and Kotak Bank were the only gainers, rising up to 2 per cent