While many believed that Sensex may fall to 20,000 levels in the last week of March 2020 as the uncertainty of COVID-19 outbreak weighed supreme, the index has managed to scale 50,000 this month

Sensex scaling the 50,000 mark raises questions ahead of the Union Budget 2021. Should investors keep booking profit amid the ongoing slide in index or should they bet big on the Budget being presented in the backdrop of Covid-19 crisis?

Budget 2021 would be unprecedented in many ways, as the government would have to focus on providing stimulus packages to revive the economy, while also identifying other avenues of revenue to bridge the widening fiscal deficit

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

Extending fall for the second straight session, Sensex ended 470 points lower at 48,564 and Nifty fell by 152 points to 14,281. In the last two sessions, Sensex has lost 1,019 points and Nifty is down  313 points

The domestic unit opened at 73.16 per dollar at the interbank forex market, inched 13 paise higher to 73.12 against the greenback over its previous close

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 Sensex , Infosys, HCL Tech, ITC, HDFC Bank, Bharti Airtel, HUL and TCS were among the top gainers. On the other hand, Axis Bank, Maruti, ONGC, Bajaj Finance and Reliance Industries were among the laggards

The company, a joint venture between Japanese auto major Toyota and Kirloskar Group, has witnessed a 6 per cent increase in wholesales in the October-December quarter

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

Tech Mahindra, Infosys, UltraTech Cement, Power Grid Corporation of India, NTPC, Sun Pharma, HCL technologies were among top gainers

Rupee opened at 73.66 against the US dollar at the interbank forex market, then inched higher by 14 paise to 73.62 against the greenback, over its previous close

FPIs invested a net Rs 48,858 crore into equities and Rs 6,122 crore into debt segment between December 1 and 18. This took the total net investment to Rs 54,980 crore during the period under review

India Stock Market Highlights Today: In today's session, Sensex hit an all-time high of 47,026 and Nifty logged a lifetime high of 13,772.

Pfizer's statement has come after several reports have surfaced which indicated that the government wouldn't be procuring the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine because of its high cost and the extreme cold chain requirement of -70 degree Celsius

The auto industry recorded a turnover of $15.9 billion during the during the first half of 2020-21 against $26.2 billion in 2019-20, which itself was lower than $29 billion in the same period of 2018-19

India Stock Market Highlights Today: Global equities were buoyed today as COVID-19 vaccine developments and prospects of more stimulus boosted investor sentiment

India Stock Market Highlights Today: ONGC followed by Tata Steel, L&T, Sun Pharma, M&M, ICICI Bank and NTPC were among the top gainers in the Sensex pack

India Stock Market Highlights Today: UltraTech Cement followed by Tata Steel, ONGC, IndusInd Bank, HDFC Bank, M&M, Infosys and Reliance Industries were among the top losers in the Sensex pack. On the other hand, Maruti, Nestle India, Titan and PowerGrid were among the gainers

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