Market Highlights, Sept 18: Sensex, Nifty retreat from record highs, end in red ahead of Fed outcome

Stock Market Highlights: As many as 33 constituent stocks on the Nifty50 ended in the red, dragged by TCS, Infosys, HCL Tech, Tech Mahindra, and Wipro, with a fall of up to 3.50 per cent

9:48 AM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Hero MotoCorp leads, Tech Mahindra drags

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Hero MotoCorp, Bajaj Finance, Shriram Finance, UltraTech Cement, and Mahindra & Mahindra were leading gains of up to 2.83 per cent, while Tech Mahindra, Infosys, TCS, LTIMindtree, and Wipro were among the top losers with a fall of 2.75 per cent. 

9:39 AM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Nifty IT index falls over 2%

Stock Market LIVE Updates: The Nifty index fell 2.41 per cent to 42,369.90, dragged by Mphasis, Persistent Systems, and Tech Mahindra.

 

9:37 AM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: F&O Cues: Can Nifty hit 26K post Fed rate cut? Check FIIs, retail bets here

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) and retail investors are said to be at crossroads when it comes to existing positions in the futures & options segment. The FIIs have been holding fairly bullish bets in index futures - which mainly include Nifty and Bank Nifty September contracts; while, retail investors barring a brief buying spree last week have mostly been holding bearish bets. READ MORE

9:32 AM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: IT stocks fall

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Nifty IT index was the top laggard among the sectoral indices during early trade on Wednesday.

 

9:26 AM

Stock Market Opening Bell LIVE Updates: Midcap stocks zoom

Stock Market Opening Bell LIVE Updates: Midcap and Bankex indices were leading the gains among the broader indices during the early trading session on Wednesday.

 

9:25 AM

Stock Market Opening Bell LIVE Updates: Bajaj Finance, Tata Motors lead

Stock Market Opening Bell LIVE Updates: Bajaj Finance, and Tata Motors were leading the gains on the BSE Sensex, while, Tech Mahindra and  Infosys were among the top losers during the early trade on Wednesday. 

9:21 AM

Stock Market Opening Bell LIVE Updates: Nifty holds 25,400 in opening

>> The NSE Nifty50 opened at 25,402, down 16 points or 0.06 per cent against its previous close.

 

9:17 AM

Stock Market Opening Bell LIVE Updates: Sensex opens flat

>> >> BSE Sensex opened around 42 points, or 0.05 per cent lower, from the previous close at 83,037.13.

9:11 AM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Pre-market update - Sensex, Nifty down

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Indian equity benchmark indices were lower at pre-open on Wednesday, as markets awaited the much anticipated US Federal REserve's policy decision later in the day.

 

At pre-open, the BSE Sensex was down 42 points, or 0.05 per cent, at 83,037, while the Nifty50 was at 25,402, down 16 points, or 0.06 per cent.

8:58 AM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: NFRA issues revised audit standards to address deficient quality

Stock Market LIVE Updates: The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) on Tuesday brought out revised Standards on Auditing 600 (SA) to match the International Standards on Auditing (ISA 600).

This is for public consultation to address “the severely deficient quality and serious lack of due diligence” found in group audits in India. READ MORE

 

8:56 AM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: We will not spare you: Gadkari fumes at poor upkeep of EPE, warns operators

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday came down heavily on agencies and contractors over ill-maintained roads, saying good operators would be awarded but bad ones would be "driven out of the system".
 

"We will not spare you. We'll ensure that bank guarantees of those doing bad work are forfeited and after this, we will blacklist you, not allow you to apply for new tenders," the minister said. READ MORE

 

8:55 AM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Delhi, Mumbai airports emerge as key international hubs for LCCs

Stock Market LIVE Updates: India’s aspiration to turn Delhi and Mumbai into global mega hubs — among the world’s most connected international airports — remains a distant and difficult goal. 

 

However, progress is being made on a different front, as both airports are emerging as key international hubs for low-cost carriers (LCCs), where airports in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region already lead the charge. READ MORE

8:52 AM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Road projects awarding declines, competition to remain elevated: ICRA

Stock Market LIVE Updates: ICRA, a credit rating agency, has revised its forecast for road project awards by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) in the financial year (FY) 2025 downwards to 8,500-9,000 kilometres (km).

The agency is expecting the awarding to remain similar to the last financial year’s awarding of 8,581 km, against its earlier estimate of 10,000-10,500 km. READ MORE

8:45 AM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Cement makers may end H1FY25 with higher raw material costs, weak pricing

Stock Market LIVE Updates: As September draws to a close, cement makers in India may end the first-half of the current financial year (H1FY25) with higher than expected raw material costs, amid weak pricing, industry experts and analysts suggest.

Cement makers continue to focus on reducing power and fuel costs as expenses on raw materials such as limestone, fly-ash and others remain elevated. Meanwhile, attempts to increase prices have largely failed to hold. READ MORE

 

8:43 AM

Stock Market LIVE Updates: FY24 dividend income: Promoters and top business families beat govt

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Dividends and proceeds from share buybacks by individual promoters and prominent business families in India in 2023-24 were once again higher than the Government of India’s earnings from listed central public-sector undertakings (CPSUs) or multinationals’ earnings from their listed subsidiaries and associate companies in India.

Individual promoters and promoter families together earned around Rs 1.064 trillion through dividends and proceeds from share buybacks from their listed companies in FY24, up just 0.2 per cent from a year ago. READ MORE