HDFC, ONGC, ITC, L&T, RIL, NTPC were among the top losers today, while Bajaj Auto, Maruti, M&M, TCS, HUL were among the top gainers on Sensex

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The domestic unit opened 4 apise lower at the interbank foreign exchange market at 73.03 over the previous close of 72.99 against the American currency

Earlier, Sensex rose above the historic mark of 50,000 and Nifty above 14,700 for the first time amid rise in Asian markets. Sensex and Nifty hit fresh lifetime highs of 50,184 and 14,753, respectively

Gold and Sensex have seen a strong rise in 2020, giving high returns to investors amid Covid-19 uncertainty

Specifically mentioning financial markets, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, Aditya Birla Group notes that it will be a quarter or so before the level of \"froth\" in the euphoric markets can be determined

Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman of Aditya Birla Group, in his annual note, states that the economic recovery has gained pace in recent months as indicated by most of the key indicators including GST collections, electricity demand, passenger vehicle sales, among others

This ride to extremes was driven by strong global cues, gush of liquidity in the markets and increased investor participation. Around 12 million new investor demat accounts were opened in the year 2020, the highest in at least 5 years

BSE Sensex today: The benchmark Sensex has breached the psychological 50,000-mark thanks to roll out of COVID vaccines, better-than-expected corporate earnings in third quarter of FY21 and ample global liquidity

FII bought 2289.05 into domestic equity market on Wednesday which supported rupee to close below psychological level of 73.

Access to US stocks has become simpler, but one must keep an eye on the cost aspect

Interest rates unlikely to fall further, so dont expect huge returns from debt funds

Sectorally, except FMCG, all the other indices closed in the green territory today, with almost 2.2% rise in auto and IT index and 2% gain in PSU Bank, followed by 1% rise in media index

Bajaj Finance share was trading 1.09% or Rs 54.15 higher at Rs 5,015 against previous close of Rs 4,959.15 on BSE

The currency unit opened at 73.11 per US dollar at the interbank forex market and inched 7 paise higher to 73.10 over its previous close

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The solution is to deepen India's bond markets to free the NBFCs from excessive dependence on banks, and make the occasional failures (IL&FS, DHFL) less traumatic for the banking system

Bajaj Finance, followed by SBI, ONGC, IndusInd Bank, Reliance Industries, HDFC and Axis Bank were among the top gainers. On the other hand, ITC and HDFC Bank were the laggards

Bajaj Finserv stock price has fallen 0.4% last week and over 3% in one month. However, year-to-date, the stock has risen 0.2%

The domestic unit opened at 73.16 against the US dollar at the interbank forex market, and inched 13 paise higher to 73.15 over its previous close