Top gainers in the stock market today: Shares of Larsen & Toubro, ONGC, HCL Tech, NTPC, Axis Bank were among top performers on BSE

Aarti Drugs share touched an intraday high of Rs 717.85 rising 7.83% against previous close of Rs 665.70 on BSE

Easy Trip Planners IPO is entirely an offer for sale (OFS) by two promoters, Nishant Pitti and Rikant Pittie, who will sell up to Rs 255 crore worth of shares each

Stock Market Updates Today: Larsen & Toubro, ONGC, HCL Technologies, NTPC and Axis Bank were among top gainers, while Bajaj Finance, IndusInd Bank, UltraTech Cement and HDFC were among top losers

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India had been urging major producers to ease output cuts and help global economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic as well as rein in prices

Pradhan said at the CERAWeek conference by IHS Markit that India, where fuel demand is recovering to pre-pandemic levels, would like to rely on reasonable and responsible oil prices

The Ecowrap report, authored by Dr Soumya Kanti Ghosh, Group Chief Economic Adviser, State Bank of India stated that Centre and states do not want to bring oil products under the GST regime as sales tax and VAT comprise a major source of tax revenue

Stock Market Updates Today: HDFC Bank, HDFC, L&T, Bajaj Finserv, Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank were among top losers, while ONGC, Infosys, Sun Pharma, Mahindra & Mahindra were among top gainers

\"We estimate excise duty on auto fuels in FY22 (April 2021 to March 2022), if it is not cut, at Rs. 4.35 lakh crore versus budget estimate of Rs. 3.2 lakh crore, ICICI Securities said in a note

Vedanta shares gained as much as 3.21 per cent in intraday on Wednesday to hit 52-week high of Rs 221.60 on BSE. The stock has given a return of 267 per cent over the last eleven months

Asia's third largest economy came out of a technical recession and expanded 0.4% annually last quarter and the recovery is widely expected to gather pace in the year ahead amid hopes a successful vaccine rollout will boost business activity

Shares of YES Bank, Reliance, Airtel, Vodafone Idea, Ircon International, Ruchi Soya, Ion Exchange will be in focus in Wednesday's trading session

The Board of BPCL on Monday approved the sale of the company's 61.65 per cent stake in Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) to a consortium of state-owned Oil India, consultancy firm Engineers India Ltd (EIL) and Government of Assam for Rs 9,875.96 crore

The Ministry of Finance is considering cutting excise duties on petrol and diesel to cushion the impact of record-high domestic prices, three government officials close to the discussions said. As the coronavirus pandemic hit economic activity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government  raised taxes twice on petrol and diesel in the last 12 months to boost sagging tax revenues instead of passing on the benefits of low oil prices last year to consumers. Watch the video for more.Also Read: ATF price up by steep 6.5%; petrol, diesel unchanged

This is the third increase in jet fuel prices since February. Rates were increased by 3.6 per cent on February 16, and by Rs 3,246.75 per kl on February 1

\"We are discussing ways in which prices can be kept stable. We will be able to take a view of the issue by mid-March,\" say sources

This is second hike in last four days and fourth since February. LPG cylinder prices have been hiked by Rs 125 in February and since December, they saw Rs 200 increase

While Sensex gained 900 points to 50,000 mark, Nifty rose 266 points to 14,795 in early trade

Currently, the price of one litre of petrol stands at Rs 91.17 per litre in Delhi, and diesel rates stand at Rs 8.47 per litre. In Mumbai, the price of petrol is Rs 97.57 per litre, and that of a litre of diesel is Rs 88.60 per litre