India Stock Market Highlights Today: HUL, Asian Paints, Maruti, Bajaj Auto and Nestle India were among the laggards. On the other hand, HCL Tech, followed by Tech Mahindra, HDFC duo, Reliance Industries, TCS, SBI and IndusInd Bank were among the top gainers today.

Sensex rose 14 points to 38,854 and Nifty ended 15 points higher at 11,464

Share market live: Top Sensex losers are IndusInd Bank, PowerGrid and Asian Paints falling over 1%

The Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.6% to 3,336.69 while the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo shed 0.4% to 23,103.74. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong was down 0.3% at 24,621.46

Asian stocks fell on Thursday after China kept its benchmark lending rate on hold, while Wall Street finished lower on Wednesday on the Federal Reserve's cautious stance. Where European markets opened almost 1% lower, indices in Taiwan and Kospi ended 3% lower, followed by over 1% drop in China, Hong Kong and Japan.

The S&P 500 inched up 2.12 points, or 0.1%, to 3,351.28 on Friday to eke out a sixth straight gain, after being down most of the day

While Sensex ended 335.06 points or 0.88 per cent lower at 37,736.07, NSE Nifty tumbled 100.70 points or 0.90 per cent to end at 11,102.15

The unchanged policy setting together with a pledge the Fed would use its \"full range of tools\" if needed boosted risk appetite overnight with all three Wall Street indexes finishing firmer

Earlier this week, the U.S. ordered the Chinese consulate in Houston, Texas closed. On Friday, as expected, China's Foreign Ministry ordered the closure of the U.S. consulate in the western city of Chengdu.

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 advanced 1.4% to 22,912.24, while the Kospi in South Korea added 0.6% to 2,196.47. In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 added 1.4% to 6,025.50

Overseas, most Asian counterparts, barring Kospi and Nikkei bounced back from lows and were trading back in positive territory. However, led by fall in Wall Street, European stocks continued bearish trend over gloomy economic forecast that suggested recovery will be uneven.

Stock Market LIVE Updates on July 8: Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Auto, Asian Paints, HCL Tech and Zee Entertainment were among the top losers today on NSE, while IndusInd Bank, SBI, JSW Steel, Tata Steel and Vedanta were among the top performers.

Global equities were trading mixed today, with European stocks and Asian indices trading marginally in red as investors await interest rate decision from Reserve Bank of Australia.

On Sensex, M&M (5.85%), Bajaj Finance (4.10%), HDFC Bank (3.47%), Reliance Industries (3.38%) and IndusInd  Bank (3.12%) were the top gainers

Share Market Live: Top Sensex gainers were Infosys, TCS, IndusInd Bank rising up to 7%. Gains were led by IT stocks with BSE IT index rising 728 points to 15,125 

Sensex gained 794 points to 34,022, Nifty rose 233 points to 10,046 today 

Sensex and Nifty followed their Asian counterparts which were hit by resurgence of coronavirus cases in China and Wall Street posting its worst week in nearly three months

Investors are still waiting for more data to see whether surges spike in COVID-19 cases signal a possible second wave of the infections, said Charlie Ripley, senior investment strategist for Allianz Investment Management.

Investors resorted to profit-booking  as Sensex lost 413 points to 33.956 and Nifty fell 120 points to 10,046

Sensex gained 910 points to 33,335 against previous close of 32,424. Nifty too rose 272 points  to 9,852 against previous close of 9,580