Sensex soars 900 pts, Nifty ends near 17,600; PSBs, Adani Group stks sizzle

CLOSING BELL: The Rs 15,446 cr stake buy by GQG Partners in Adani Group, coupled with positive global cues buoyed sentiment on Friday. Heavyweights RIL, ITC and Airtel also rallied up to 3 per cent.

3:50 PM

Nifty 50 Losers:: Tech Mahindra slips 2%; UltraTech Cement, Cipla 1%

3:49 PM

Nifty 50 Gainers:: Adani twins rally up to 17%; SBI 5%

3:46 PM

Sensex 30 Heatmap:: SBI, Airtel, RIL, ITC top gainers char; Tech Mahindra slips

3:38 PM

CLOSING BELL:: NSE Nifty50 ends 272 points higher at 17,594

3:34 PM

CLOSING BELL:: S&P BSE Sensex jumps 900 points to settle at 59,809

3:19 PM

No proposal to increase sugar export quota from 6 mn tonnes: Food Secy

"The sugar production is going down by about 9 lakh tonnes, that is our estimate from the previous year. So keeping that in view, as of now there is no proposal to increase the export quota," he said. READ MORE

3:10 PM

Imagicaaworld zooms 27% in two days after launching Aquamagicaa in Surat

The company said business continues to show an excellent rebound after two years of adverse COVID-19 impact as well as overall improvement in the health of operations. READ MORE

3:00 PM

MARKET CHECK: Sensex near day's high; holds gain of 1,000 points

2:52 PM

Pump and dump scheme: What is it, how it works and how is it monitored

Arshad Warsi made a profit of Rs 29.43 lakh and his wife Maria Goretti of Rs 37.56 lakh using a YouTube-run pump and dump operation last year. READ

2:40 PM

IPO UPDATE: Divgi TorqTransfer's offer fully subscribed on last day

2:28 PM

European markets open higher as investors absorb inflation data

A flash estimate for the euro zone showed headline inflation eased from 8.6% to 8.5%, but this was above estimates.

2:18 PM

GMR Group to invest Rs 5,000 cr on Bhogapuram Airport in Andhra: GM Rao

The GMR Group which is in the process of developing an international airport at Bhogapuram near here will be investing Rs 5,000 crore on the aerodrome in the first phase. READ

2:08 PM

WPIL soars 10% on securing Rs 1,225 cr order from Madhya Pradesh Jal Nigam

Meanwhile, in the past one month, the stock of the industrial products company has zoomed 83 per cent after it reported robust December quarter (Q3FY23) results. READ MORE

1:57 PM

China real estate industry recovering from debt crackdown: Officials

Pan Gongsheng mentioned Evergrande Group, the global industry's most heavily indebted developer, but gave no update on its government-supervised efforts to restructure 2.1 trn yuan ($305 bn) in debt. READ MORE

1:46 PM

BSE 500:: Shree Cement, Symphony, NBCC among top losers

Shree Cement down nearly 4 per cent was the top loser among the BSE 500 stocks. Symphony, Aptus Value Housing, NBCC and Yes Bank down around 2 per cent each were the other notable losers so far on Friday.