Sensex zooms 2,476 pts in biggest one-day percentage gain since May 2009

All that happened in the markets today

9:17 AM

OPENING BELL

9:14 AM

Investment pipeline in economy chokes as key indicators show deterioration

The investment pipeline in the economy is choked with four out of the six key indicators - investment rate, bank credit offtake, industrial production of capital goods, and new investment projects showing deterioration while investment intensions and market borrowings have shown some signs of resilience. These parameters are likely to see a downward revision with coronavirus — the impact of which will play out in the coming months. READ MORE

9:06 AM

Top gainers and losers at S&P BSE Sensex during Pre-Open

9:06 AM

Market at Pre-Open

9:05 AM

Market at Pre-Open

8:56 AM

Stocks to watch: HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finance, PNB Hsg Fin, ICICI Bank, Axis Bk

Bajaj Finance: In a call with analysts on Monday, Bajaj Finance’s management team, led by its Managing Director Rajeev Jain, said that over the past 10 days, the company had lost nearly 350,000 customers, impacting its assets under management (AUM) by Rs 4,750 crore (3.22 per cent of total AUM as of March 31). 

 

PNB Housing Finance on Monday said it has signed an agreement with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Citibank to raise USD 100 million (about Rs 762 crore) for providing loans in the affordable housing segment. READ MORE

8:52 AM

India may get $1.3-bn passive flow; MSCI EM weight may rise: Morgan Stanley

In October, the Indian government had issued a circular raising statutory foreign portfolio investor (FPI) limit of Indian companies to the sectoral foreign investment limit, effective April 1, 2020. However, MSCI last week put off the rebalancing and said it would wait for the practical implementation of these changes and the systematic publication of the new sectoral limits applicable to Indian securities before making any changes to the MSCI indices. READ MORE

8:45 AM

Bulk deals on BSE as on Friday

8:43 AM

Bulk deals on NSE as on Friday

8:39 AM

FII/FPI & DII trading activity on NSE, BSE and MSEI

8:34 AM

Rupee check

Alert: The Reserve Bank of India on Friday cut forex markets timing to 10 am till 2 pm.

Source: Bloomberg

8:28 AM

Oil gains as hopes rise for production cut

>> Oil rose on Tuesday amid hopes that the world’s biggest producers of crude will agree to curtail production as the coronavirus pandemic ravages the global economy, even as analysts cautioned the cuts may do little to boost demand.

 

>> Brent crude LCOc1 was up by 73 cents, or 2.2%, at $33.78 a barrel after falling more than 3% on Monday. U.S. crude was up by 97 cents, or 3.7%, at $27.05 a barrel, having dropped nearly 8% in the previous session.

(Source: Reuters)

8:24 AM

SGX Nifty

>> At 8:23 am, The index was at 8,478 level, up 150 points.

8:20 AM

Asian shares poised to climb after Wall Street rallies

Source: Reuters

8:12 AM

Wall Street soars on hopes of slowing coronavirus deaths

Source: Reuters