RIL, Bajaj Finance power 777-pt rally in Sensex; Nifty holds 17,200

CLOSING BELL: Sectorally, all the indices ended in the green zone, led by the Nifty Realty and Auto indices, up 3.5 per cent and 3 per cent, respectively

3:15 PM

Sensex at day's high, up over 800 points

3:10 PM

BSE 500:: Top gainers in the last one month

Adani Power has almost doubled in the last one month, up 99.5 per cent. Swan Energy has soared 74.8 per cent. MRPL and Adani Green have rallied over 52 per cent each and were among the top gainers so far this month.

2:58 PM

LIC may file preliminary IPO prospectus today, price band on Wednesday

LIC management and the investment bankers will embark on road shows in six cities across India - including Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Kolkata. READ MORE

2:49 PM

BSE 500:: Stocks falling sharply from day's high

Atul Auto, La Opala RG and Brightcom Group have shed 7 per cent each from the respective highs of the day. GE Shipping, Hathway Cable and Swan Energy were the other significant losers.

2:39 PM

BSE 500:: Stocks recovering sharply from the lows of the day

Gujarat Alkalies, Bombay Burmah and Ruchi Soya have rallied more than 7 per cent each from the lows of the day. Cholamandalam Investment, Gujarat Pipavav and Suven Pharma were the other notable movers.

2:25 PM

Adani Enterprises hits new life-time high, stock up 5% on heavy volume

According to a Bloomberg report, Gautam Adani's conglomerate is in advanced talks to acquire Holcim Ltd.'s businesses in India. READ MORE

2:15 PM

Rainbow Children Medicare IPO opens tomorrow: Here's what analysts suggest

Analysts have flagged concerns around increased competition from bigger hospital players, and the inability to sustain profitability levels. READ MORE

2:06 PM

Explained: Why M&As are rising in India & how can investors benefit?

Reports suggest LTI & Mindtree could be eyeing a merger. Besides, the acquisition race for Holcim's India assets is heating up Ultratech Cement reportedly throwing in its hat in the ring. READ MORE

1:58 PM

S&P lowers ratings for Future Retail overseas bonds to 'highly vulnerable'

Global rating agency Standard and Poor’s today lowered rating on Future Retails Ltd’s overseas bonds worth $500 million from CCC- to CC, indicating that they are 'highly vulnerable'. The move follows the termination of the deal to sell the ailing company's assets to the Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance group. READ MORE

1:49 PM

BSE 500:: Top gainers this hour

Advanced Enzyme, SRF, Balkrishna Industries, PowerGrid Corporation and JK Tyre were some of the major movers in the last one hour of trades, up over 1.5 per cent each.

1:40 PM

Chart check: Nifty IT down 11% in April; Is it time to buy TCS, HCL Tech?

Overall, the Nifty IT index has declined 19 per cent from its historic peak of 39,446 recorded in early January, 2022. Charts indicate 31,000 to 30,000 as the accumulation range for the index. READ MORE

1:25 PM

Adani Group in advanced talks to acquire Holcim businesses in India

Adani Group could sign an agreement to acquire a controlling stake in Ambuja Cements Ltd. from Holcim as soon as in the coming days. READ MORE

1:19 PM

The stock of this civil construction company has zoomed 147% in a month

On April 12, the board of Simplex Infra approved fund raise of up to Rs 421.80 crore by issuing shares and warrants to Swan Construction, a non-promoter group company on a preferential basis. READ MORE

1:11 PM

S&P BSE Sensex 30 Heatmap:: 25 Gainers v/s 5 Losers

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LIC IPO: Will the reduced offer size help garner investor interest?

While analysts remain mixed on how the government's largest-ever IPO would perform on Dalal Street, they expect the issue to sail through as the markets have staged strong recovery from March lows. READ MORE