The three-day IPO of Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) would be open for public subscription during January 18-20, while the IPO of Indigo Paints would open on January 20 and conclude on January 22

he strong flows are on account of the positive bias towards emerging markets and because of strong third-quarter earnings thus far besides decreasing domestic COVID-19 cases

Corporate earnings according to Motilal Oswal are likely to continue their recovery phase in Q3FY21 aided by a pick-up in both global and domestic macroeconomic activity. Vaccine rollout has changed the broader sentiments and is helping the demand recovery

Sensex slumped 549 points or 1.11 per cent to 49,034 and Nifty tumbled 161 points or 1.11 per cent to 14,433

Except for pharma, realty and financial services, all other indices on NSE closed in green territory, with over 3% gain registered in PSU banking sector

In today's session, Sensex and Nifty hit new lifetime highs of 49,479 and 14,563, respectively. Reliance Industries, L&T, Bharti Airtel, ITC, Bajaj Finserv and TCS were among the gainers on Sensex chart

The sentiment in equity market is so bullish that in eight trading sessions of 2021, Sensex and Nifty have gained 3.76% or 1,793 points and 4.17% or 583.35 points, respectively.

On Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX), gold futures for February slumped 4% or Rs 2,086 to Rs 48,818 per 10 gram while silver futures tanked Rs 6,112 or 8.8% to Rs 63,850 per kg

Today's rally took the market cap on BSE higher by Rs 2.48 lakh crore

Experts expect that further rally in the market may need the economy to regain its mojo for which the Union Budget will prove to be a ideal platform

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Sectorally, except metal, realty and auto, all the other indices closed in the green with over 2.6% rise registered in IT sector and nearly 2% increase in private banking

Indigo Paints, which filed its preliminary IPO papers with Sebi in November, obtained its observation on December 31, an update with the capital markets watchdog showed on Monday

Led by risk aversion, safe-haven buying, and uncertainty caused by COVID-19 disruptions, Gold Futures moved to an all-time high of Rs 56,191 per 10 grams at MCX, rising by almost 43% in the year, while silver had edged closer to Rs 80,000 per 10 gram

Sensex has gained 15.75% in 2020 despite falling to its multiyear low in March when coronavirus threat roiled the Indian equity market

Moderation in monetary policy and rising yields scenario is expected in 2HCY21, which will lead to mean reversion of valuations towards 10/15-year averages

Bharti Airtel share has risen 13% since the beginning of the year. The share price of the telecom company has gained 5.49% in the last 3 days of trade

The Sensex, after a sudden bloodbath on Dalal Street on Monday, reclaimed its crucial 46,000-mark on Tuesday. The 30-share index recovered by 452.73 points to end at 46,006.69 after plunging 1,406.73 points or 3 per cent in the previous day

Sensex closed 1,406.73 points or 3 per cent lower at 45,553. This was its biggest single-day fall since May 4 this year

Fresh capital has been gathered to create a war chest of liquidity, fund growth, expansion plans and refinance high-cost debt, while a large amount raised from IPOs went to the shareholders and promoters