On the sectoral front, barring FMCG and PSU Banks, all the indices ended in green, with metal and realty registering over 2% gains

Following Q2 earnings, Britannia share price fell as much as 6.33% to hit an intraday low of Rs 3,535 today, as against the last closing price of Rs 3,773.80 on BSE. The stock opened lower at Rs 3,689 on the BSE

This was after reports that the infrastructure company emerged as the lowest financial bidder for the design and construction of civil works for a significant part of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project

The domestic currency was trading in a narrow range at the interbank forex market. After opening at 73.36 per dollar, rupee  gained by 2 paise to touch 73.35 from its previous close of  73.37 per dollar

On the financial front, Equitas Small Finance Bank's net profit increased to Rs 243 crore in FY20, from Rs 210 crore in FY19, while its net income rose to 1,777 crores in FY20

India Stock Market Highlights Today: HCL Tech, followed by L&T, M&M, Tech Mahindra, Maruti, TCS, Asian Paints, Infosys and HDFC Bank were among the top gainers today. On the other hand, ONGC, Nestle India, SBI, ICICI Bank and IndusInd Bank were among the laggards

Stocks to watch today on October 20: Wipro, Britannia, M&M, HDFC Life, Hero MotoCorp, ACC among others are the top stocks to watch out for in Tuesday's trading session

Besides positive global markets, investors were also buoyed over the September quarter earnings season, that will further help in providing a clear picture of the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic-induced lockdown

As per TRAI's report, Reliance Jio is leading the wireless subscriber market share, with 40.08 crore subscribers

Tata Communications posted an around seven-fold jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 384.81 crore for the September quarter, as compared to a profit of Rs 54.31 crore in the corresponding period of the last fiscal

The offer includes a reservation of up to Rs 1 crore worth of shares for eligible employees of Equitas Small Finance Bank and Rs 51 crore of shares for Equitas Holdings' shareholders

DLF share touched an intraday high of Rs 167.9, gaining 3.45% on BSE

The local unit opened at 73.38 per US dollar at the interbank forex market, then lost ground and fell down 7 paise to 73.42 over its previous close of 73.35 on Friday

The move to revive and operate the airline comes after the carrier had to suspend operations due to acute fund crunch an year ago

India Stock Market Highlights Today: ONGC, followed by NTPC, HDFC, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, PowerGrid and Nestle India were among the top gainer on Sensex pack. On the other hand, TCS, Tech Mahindra, Infosys and Sun Pharma were among the laggards.

Stocks to watch today on October 19: HDFC Bank, Tata Communications, Avenue Supermarts, Bajaj Consumer, RIL among others are the top stocks to watch out for in Monday's trading session

Sectorally, barring IT and media, all the other indices closed bullish today, with over 3% gains registered in metal and around 1.5-2% gain in banking, realty, pharma and financial indices

The company board announced an interim dividend of Rs 4 per share, HCL Technologies said in a regulatory filing. Dollar revenue for the quarter came in at $2,507 million

The highly volatile stock today touched an intraday high of Rs 383.4, rising 4.67% as against the previous close of Rs 366.30 on BSE. The stock also touched an intraday high and low of Rs 385 and Rs 370, respectively

Rising COVID-19 cases in eurozone and fresh round of lockdown in many countries weighed on investors' sentiment, analysts suggested. Moreover, sentiments stayed muted as RBI is set to release its weekly FX reserves figures today