Key benchmark indices came off day's high and were trading with decent gains in mid-morning trade. The Nifty was trading below the 11,200 level. At 11:25 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was up 130.61 points or 0.35% at 37,803.92. The Nifty 50 index was up 18.35 points or 0.16% at 11,193.10.
The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index was down 0.32%. The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was down 0.34%.
The market breadth was negative. On the BSE, 872 shares rose and 1161 shares fell. A total of 156 shares were unchanged. In Nifty 50 index, 21 stocks advanced and 26 stocks declined.
Zee Entertainment Enterprises was down 4.46% to Rs 226.25. A little over 90% of the promoters' 22% shareholding in Zee Entertainment is pledged with financial institutions. This was disclosed by Zee Entertainment managing director and chief executive officer Punit Goenka in an investor call on Saturday. The promoters' loan against shares stands at Rs 7,000 crore, as against Rs 13,500 crore on 26 January 2019.
HDFC rose 0.28%. The housing finance major said its original cost of investment in RBL Bank is Rs 59 crore. As on June 30, the market value stood at Rs 562 crore. Consequent to a drop in the share price of RBL during the quarter ended 30 September 2019, the market value of the investment at the quarter end stood at Rs 290 crore. However, the difference between the market value of the investment as at 30 September 2019 and the actual cost of the investment to HDFC is a gain of Rs 231 crore. The announcement was made after market hours on Friday, 4 October 2019.
Meanwhile, RBL Bank was down 0.63%.
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Metal stocks declined in trade. The S&P BSE Metal index was down 0.44% to 8,507.90. NMDC (down 3.25%), SAIL (down 2.08%), Jindal Steel & Power (down 0.80%), Coal India (down 0.70%), Tata Steel (down 0.27%) and Hindustan Zinc (down 0.02%) edged lower.
JSW Steel fell 1.24%. The steel maker informed that the company has raised $400 million by allotment of fixed rate senior unsecured notes in accordance with Regulation S of the U.S. Securities Act, 1933, as amended and applicable Indian regulations. The 'notes' will be listed on Singapore Exchange Securities Trading. The announcement was made after market hours on Friday, 4 October 2019.
L&T Finance Holdings fell 0.62%. CRISIL has assigned its 'CRISIL AAA/Stable' rating to the Rs 500 crore non-convertible debentures of L&T Finance Holdings. CRISIL has also reaffirmed its rating on commercial paper programme at 'CRISIL A1+'. The announcement was made after market hours on Friday, 4 October 2019.
Corporation Bank fell 1.04%. Brickwork Ratings reaffirmed the ratings on the banks Basel III Compliant Tier II bonds worth Rs 500 crore at 'BWR AA' and placed the same under 'Credit watch with Developing Implications' following the finance ministry's announcement dated 30 August 2019 on the proposed amalgamation of Union Bank of India with Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank. The announcement was made after market hours on Friday, 4 October 2019.
KEI Industries rose 1.21%. The company informed that CARE Ratings has reaffirmed the rating assigned to long term bank facilities availed by the company as CARE A; Stable. CARE Ratings has also reaffirmed the rating assigned to Short Term Bank Facilities and Commercial Paper as CARE Al.
Further, CARE Ratings has reaffirmed the rating assigned to medium term instrument i.e. fixed deposits programme of the company as CARE A (FD); Stable. The announcement was made after market hours on Friday, 4 October 2019.
On the macro front, India's foreign exchange reserves surged by $5.02 billion to $433.59 billion in the week ended 27 September 2019. The foreign exchange reserves had stood at $428.57 a week ago. India's foreign exchange reserves increased by $20.72 billion over March 2019, while jumped $33.07 billion over a year ago level.
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