MARKET WRAP: Sensex ends 182 pts higher; RIL up 2.5%, Sun Pharma climbs 6%

All that happened in markets today.

10:39 AM

Shree Cement rises 4% post Rs 3,000 crore QIP offer launch

Shares of Shree Cement advanced 4.15 per cent to Rs 20,854.75 on the BSE on Wednesday after the company opened its Rs 3,000-crore qualified institutional placement (QIP) offer on Tuesday, fixing the floor price at Rs 19,806.46 per share. At 10:17 AM, the stock was trading 1.5 per cent higher at Rs 203,37.6 apiece, as against a 0.67 per cent in the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex. READ MORE

10:35 AM

Rupee at day's high

10:30 AM

Most active stocks by volume

COMPANY	PRICE(rs)	CHG(rs)	CHG(%)	VOLUME
VODAFONE IDEA	6.84	0.82	13.62	85410847
REL. COMM.	0.58	0.00	0.00	7221297
YES BANK	63.45	-0.70	-1.09	6097309
RELIANCE POWER	3.43	-0.18	-4.99	4194647
DISH TV	16.35	1.34	8.93	2339626

10:25 AM

Pharma stocks gain

COMPANY	LATEST(rs)	CHG(rs)	CHG(%)	VOLUME
GLENMARK PHARMA.	360.50	10.05	2.87	225581
SUN PHARMA.INDS.	432.60	6.80	1.60	139067
GRANULES INDIA	131.45	2.80	2.18	59495
WOCKHARDT	285.40	-3.50	-1.21	53734
AUROBINDO PHARMA	436.30	5.15	1.19	42078

10:20 AM

BUZZING STOCK:: IndusInd Bank up over 4%

10:14 AM

Telecom stocks extend rally; Voda Idea up 32%, new 52-wk high for Airtel

The rally in telecom stocks continued for the fourth straight session on Wednesday, after Reliance Jio announced that it will, along with Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, increase tariffs in an appropriate way over the next few weeks. Among individual stocks, Bharti Airtel climbed 3 per cent to Rs 453, also the stock's fresh 52-week high, on the BSE. Vodafone Idea surged as much as 32 per cent intraday to Rs 7.93 on the BSE. In fact, the stock has now rallied 204 per cent from Friday's low of Rs 2.61. READ MORE

10:10 AM

MARKET UPDATE:: Sensex hits record high of 40,754.49

9:51 AM

RIL extends gains, surges 4% to hit fresh high; m-cap nears Rs 10 trillion

Continuing its upswing, Reliance Industries (RIL) on Wednesday hit a fresh lifetime high of Rs 1,571 apiece on the BSE, up 4 per cent, thus nearing Rs 10 lakh crore market capitalisation (m-cap). On Tuesday, RIL became the first Indian company to cross the m-cap of Rs 9.50 trillion.

 

At 09:31 am, the stock was trading over 3 per cent higher at Rs 1,558.40 apiece on the BSE as compared to 0.43 per cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex. The m-cap of the company stood at Rs 9,91 trillion. READ MORE

9:41 AM

Buzzing | DLF hits 52-week high

9:33 AM

Heatmap: S&P BSE Sensex

9:27 AM

YES Bank slides after RBI finds the bank under-reported bad loans

9:24 AM

Vodafone Idea continues to cruise

9:23 AM

Rupee opens 12 paise lower against US dollar amid weak global cues

The rupee on Wednesday opened 12 paise lower at 71.83 against the US dollar amid decline in crude oil prices and fall in Asian equities over US-China trade deal uncertainties. The domestic unit on Tuesday settled 13 paise higher at 71.71. READ MORE  

9:21 AM

Nifty sectoral indices at open

9:20 AM

Bharti Airtel extends rally, gains 3% in early trade