Market Update
The 30-share index Sensex was trading 218.82 points, or 0.54 per cent, higher at 41,108.05. Similarly, the broader Nifty rose 51.55 points, or 0.43 per cent, to 12,125.50.
Top gainers in the Sensex pack included Yes Bank which rose up to 1.57 per cent, Tata Steel 1.54 per cent, Sun Pharma 1.45 per cent, ICICI Bank 1.48 per cent, Infosys 1.10 per cent and RIL 0.76 per cent.
On the other hand, Bharti Airtel fell up to 1.73 per cent, Kotak Bank 0.40 per cent, Bajaj Auto 0.33 per cent, L&T 0.22 per cent and Hero MotoCorp slipped 0.05 per cent.
BSE Sensex opened at 41,022.85 on Tuesday and made an intraday high of 41,103, also its newly recorded all-time high. Yesterday Sensex had made a new lifetime high of 40,868.3.
Bharti Airtel shares fell 2.9% to an intraday low of Rs 437.85 on the BSE today, after the rating firm ICRA downgrades Airtel’s long-term rating to AA- & reaffirmed short-term rating to A1+.
Zee Entertainment Enterprises fell 9% lower to Rs 312.50 on Tuesday' s trade after the company board announced that it has accepted Subhash Chandra's resignation from the position of Chairman of the company.
Dish TV stock price fell 3% to the day's low of Rs 15.75 on BSE on Tuesday, as the shares of the listed enterprises will be excluded from the NSE F&O segment from February series onward.
Indian rupee, the domestic unit, appreciated by 8 paise to 71.66 against the US dollar in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange, propelled by foreign capital inflows and easing crude oil prices. The rupee had closed 3 paise higher at 71.74 in the previous session.
Castrol India fell 2.35% in the early trade to Rs 145.55, as the shares of the listed enterprises will be excluded from the NSE F&O segment from February series onward.