In a stock exchange filing, the company said its board will meet on January 15 to consider share buyback as also payment of interim dividend for the fiscal year ending March 2021

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

Bharat Rasayan stock touched an intraday high of Rs 10,543.65, rising 11.75% against the last close 

While Nifty IT index traded 2.675% higher on Friday, BSE IT - Software index gained 2.58% during today's session

Stocks to watch today on January 8: TCS, Biocon, Tata Power, Union Bank, Strides Pharma, HCL Tech among others are the top stocks to watch out for in Friday's trading session

Kotak Mahindra Bank, HDFC Bank, Bank of Baroda, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank and IDFC First Bank were among the major losers from Nifty Bank

Vedanta, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, YES Bank, Hindalco and Infosys were the top losers on Nifty today. On the other hand, Future Consumer, Allahabad Bank, GMR Infrastructure, Dish TV and Vedanta were the top losers on BSE.

Share Market Update: BSE Sensex climbed to the intraday as well as its lifetime high of 41,994.26 and Nifty breached earlier 12,337 level to hit 12,374.25 as its fresh all-time high.

Stocks in the news: Jet Airways, Syndicate Bank, Canara Bank, IRCTC, JSW Energy, Hindalco, L&T Finance Holdings among others are the top stocks to watch out for Tuesday's trading session

At the Interbank Foreign Exchange, the rupee opened weak at 71.15 showing a decline of 12 paise over its previous closing.

Share Market Update: Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended the week on a bullish note and closed in the green on Friday.

HDFC Bank stock has risen 2.82% in one week, 2% in one month and 22% year-to-date

The agency kept rating for Basel III Tier 2 bonds to IND A, Additional Basel III Tier 1 bonds to BBB+ and Infrastructure bonds to A, holding all the instruments under 'downgraded' rating option and placed under RWN

Share Market Update: Domestic key indices BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty rallied to claim new lifetime highs on Thursday and closed higher for the seventh straight session

Stocks in the news: Lux Industries, JK Paper, NALCO, L&T Finance Holdings, IDBI Bank among others are the top stocks to watch out for Thursday's trading session

National Aluminium said that three units of CPP, each of 120 MW capacity are under shutdown and further one more unit will undergo shutdown due to coal shortage

The proceeds from the ETF sale would help the government move towards meeting the Rs 80,000 crore disinvestment target set for the current fiscal.