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Sensex hit a record peak of 42,059 and Nifty logged a fresh record of 12,389 in early trade today. Sun Pharma, Nestle India, HUL, Kotak Bank, UltraTech Cement, Bajaj Auto and Bharti Airtel were the top Sensex gainers

Share Market Update: During Thursday's trade, Sensex climbed to a fresh all-time high of 42,059 and Nifty too has hit a new lifetime high of 12,389 from 12,374.25 earlier.

Share Market Update: IndusInd Bank, Tata Steel, UltraTech Cement, SBI, Infosys, Axis Bank and ICICI Bank were the among the top losers. On the other hand, Titan, Hero MotoCorp, Tech Mahindra, Nestle and Sun Pharma were the top gainers.

In the second quarter of FY20, Nestle India was a clear outlier among consumer goods. While peers such as Hindustan Unilever, Britannia and others reported a tepid single-digit growth in revenues, Nestle grew revenues by 10.5 per cent and profits by 33.5 per cent. The Chairman and MD, Suresh Narayanan explained, \"The Maggi crisis reinforced my belief that if you do good karma, good karma happens to you\". The company has come a long way from the Maggi crisis days. But it was a tough time for Nestle and Narayanan during the Maggi crisis days. What helped him in this time was some valuable advice. Watch the video as he shares the best advice he ever got.Also read: How Nestle's change in operating model proved to be a game-changer

Kotak Bank, HCL Tech, Bharti Airtel, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, L&T, Hero MotoCorp and HDFC Bank were among the top gainers on Friday.

Share Market Update: In terms of sector, except private banking, all the other indices traded higher today, with metal and realty indices gaining 1% each.

Share Market Update: Sensex ended 322 points higher at 41,617, and Nifty50 too closed 100 points higher at 12,282.

Sensex opened 189.78 points higher at 41,443.52 250 and Nifty rose 48.40 pts to 12,216.85 on the first trading day of the year

The number of unemployed reached an all-time high in 2019 and thus impacted consumption. To add to this, the government's spending in rural India was well below satisfaction

Share Market update: While Sensex was down 304 points to 41,253, Nifty lost 87 points to 12,168. Of 30 Sensex components, 25 ended in red

Nutraceuticals, which consist of vitamins and minerals, protein supplements, energy drinks and growth supplements, have clocked higher growth than prescription drugs

The consumers shopped more frequently but purchased fewer products each time. The study added that the consumers spread their budgets to moderate their finances amid the economic slowdown

Cyclone Fani was the strongest storm to make landfall in India in over 20 years with wind speeds up to 200 km/h and led to storm surges of 1.5 metre

ONGC proposes to carry out drilling in 100 locations to evaluate the hydrocarbon potential of 21 different onshore Petroleum Mining Lease (PML) blocks in a non-forest area covering 944.39 km in Assam and Assam Arakan Basin

Most seemed upbeat about the naming of Vizag because, it is already seen as one with an ecosystem developed in terms of IT, pharma and public sector units and is relatively more cosmopolitan

Nestle earlier had a single strategy for the entire country. It has now divided the country into 15 consumer clusters and the idea is to offer more focussed solutions to consumers

Eveready Industries stock rose 9.92% to Rs 59.30 compared to the previous close of Rs 53.95 on BSE

Share Market update: While Sensex fell 297 points to 41,163, Nifty lost 88 points to 12,126. Metal stocks helped to limit losses with BSE metal index rising 66 points to 10,221

The NAA observed that the methodology adopted by Johnson and Johnson to pass on GST rate-cut benefit was 'unreasonable, arbitrary, and incorrect, and hence cannot be accepted'