Sensex ends 355 pts higher amid tight US presidential race; IT stocks gain

All that happened in the markets today

2:02 PM

BUZZING STOCK | Infosys gains nearly 3%

1:52 PM

RESULT IMPACT:: SBI slips to day's low post Q2 results announcement

1:47 PM

Q2 RESULTS | SBI posts net profit of Rs 4,574 crore

-- NII at Rs 28,181.5 crore

-- Gross NPA at Rs 1.26 trillion

-- Gross NPA at 5.88%; net NPA at 2.08% if SC order not taken into consideration

-- Loan growth at 6.7% YoY

1:30 PM

Global markets check

S&P 500 and Dow futures have hit session lows. Oil is taking a hit as well as risk sentiment sours. Treasuries continue to catch a bid as well.

 

Even Asian risk barometers like the Aussie-yen cross and the Hang Seng Index have dropped.

(Source: Bloomberg)

1:28 PM

US Elections 2020 :: Dow Futures slide as Trump vows to challenge vote count in Supreme Court

1:26 PM

Sectoral trends at this hour

1:18 PM

MARKET CHECK

1:08 PM

Dabur India nears 52-week high on strong volume growth in September qtr

Shares of Dabur India were up 3 per cent to Rs 530 on the BSE in the intra-day trade on Wednesday, gaining 5 per cent in the past two trading days, after the FMCG major reported a strong 16.8 per cent year-on-year volume growth in September quarter (Q2FY21). Stock of the personal products company was trading close to its 52-week high level of Rs 535, touched on October 6, 2020. READ MORE

1:02 PM

US election 2020 | This is a major fraud on the American people: Trump

-- Plan to go to US Supreme Court; want all the voting to stop: Trump

1:00 PM

US Elections 2020 | We are winning Pennsylvania; we have a lot of life left in Arizona but we don’t need it: Trump

-- Results have been phenomenal: Trump

-- 'Florida was a tremendous victory'

12:57 PM

US Elections 2020 :: I thank the million and millions of people for voting for me, says Trump

12:56 PM

US Elections 2020 | We won Florida by a lot, we won Texas, Ohio: Trump

-- 'They are never gonna catch us, they cannot catch us', says Trump

-- It is clear that we have won Georgia, North Carolina: Trump

- "A very sad group of people is tryng to disenfranchise the people who voted".

12:54 PM

US Elections 2020:: Want to thank the Americans for their support, says Donald Trump

12:53 PM

US Elections 2020 :: The results today have been phenomenal, says Donald Trump

12:46 PM

Market Voice :: Porinju Veliyath on US Elections 2020