Indian Equity Indices End Thursday's Session in the Green Territory

Strategic Insights -

The Indian equity indices closed Thursday's session on a positive note, with the Sensex settling above 61,100 and the Nifty closing just below 18,200. The top gainers of the BSE Sensex included Bharti Airtel, State Bank of India, Axis Bank, Tata Steel, and ICICI Bank, while Tata Motors, Titan, Ultratech Cement, Larsen &Toubro, and Nestle India were the top laggards.

Key Takeaways:

  • The BSE Sensex rose 223.60 points or 0.37%, settling at 61,133.88, while the NSE Nifty 50 advanced 68.50 points or 0.38% to 18,191.00.
  • In the sectoral indices, Nifty IT rose 0.36% and Nifty Bank climbed 0.99%.
  • The top gainers of the BSE Sensex were Bharti Airtel (up 2.39%), State Bank of India (up 2.10%), Axis Bank (up 1.63%), Tata Steel (up 1.50%), and ICICI Bank (up 1.16%).
  • Tata Motors (down 1.20%), Titan (down 1.04%), Ultratech Cement (down 0.76%), Larsen &Toubro (down 0.52%), and Nestle India (down 0.51%) were the top laggards.
  • Asian Markets showed a mixed picture, with China's Shanghai SE composite index ending in the negative territory and Hong Kong's Hang Seng falling by 157.77 points or 0.79%.
  • European Markets were also mixed, with England's FTSE100 trading at 7,468.59, down 28.80 points or 0.38%.
  • US Markets ended the overnight session in the red, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) falling 365.85 points or 1.10% to 32,875.71.

Statistics:

  • The Indian rupee appreciated 0.08% to 82.8013 against the US dollar.
  • Gold futures on the multi-commodity exchange for February delivery were trading at 54,796.00 up 35 points or 0.06%.
  • Silver futures for March delivery were down 38 points or 0.06% at 68,975.00.
  • WTI Crude futures for January delivery were down 2.38% at $77.08.
  • Brent Crude futures for February delivery were trading 2.01% lower at $81.59.
  • Bitcoin (BTC) was trading at $16,601.93, down by 0.44% in the last 24 hours.
  • Ethereum (ETH) was trading at $1,198.64, up by 0.09% in the last 24 hours.

Sources:

  • IE Online Media Services Pvt. Ltd., distributed by Contify.com
  • BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50
  • Multi-Commodity Exchange (MCE) for Gold and Silver futures
  • US Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and S&P 500
  • Asian Markets: Shanghai SE composite, Hong Kong's Hang Seng, and Nikkei 225 of Japan
  • European Markets: England's FTSE100, Europe's Euronext100, France's CAC, Germany's DAX
  • US Markets: Bloomberg and other real-time data feeds
  • Cryptocurrency prices: CoinMarketCap and other real-time cryptocurrency data feeds