Despite the trading halt, the framework of interoperability put in place by SEBI facilitated market participants to continue their transactions at other stock exchanges.

UK's Prime Minister Boris Johnson said one year after the country's departure from EU, UK is forging new partnerships that will bring enormous economic benefits for the people of Britain

Access to US stocks has become simpler, but one must keep an eye on the cost aspect

Except for banking and financials, all the other sector-based indices closed higher today, with over 3% gains in PSU banking index, followed by 0.80% rise in IT and realty, and 0.60% rise in pharma and media index

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, whose support for Brexit helped push the country out of the EU, said it was \"an amazing moment for this country\"

ONGC, Airtel, RIl, Titan, Maruti, ICICI Bank, HDFC and Bajaj Finserve were among the top gainers. On the other hand, TCS, Infosys, M&M, Ultratech Cement, HUL, NTPC and SBI were among the top losers today

Johnson has urged MPs to back the \" historic\" bill, which he says is not \"a rupture but a resolution\" of the UK's relationship with its European neighbours

Forecasts for tightening US crude oil stocks also added support to prices

Share price of Tata Motors gained up to 4.57% to Rs 183.95 against previous close of Rs 175.90 on BSE. Market cap of the firm rose to Rs 56,636 crore

EU ambassadors and lawmakers on both sides of the English Channel will now pore over the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, which contains over 1,240 pages of text. EU envoys are expected to meet on Monday to discuss the document, drawn up over nine intense months of talks

The 2,000-page agreement was held up by deliberations pertaining to the access to waters for the purposes of fishing. Both sides quibbled over fishing rights as to whether fishermen from the EU will get access to British waters starting next year

The statement has come on the heels of a ruckus at British ports caused by border closures. This week, France blocked arrivals of UK passengers and freight for 48 hours over concerns about the new coronavirus variant

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

Sectorally, all the indices closed in green territory, with almost 4% rise in realty, 3.2% in media, 2.3% gain in IT index, and almost 2% gain in PSU Bank

Nifty IT was followed by Nifty Pharma, which closed 2% higher, followed by a 1.3% rise in the metal index. All the sectoral indices closed in the green territory today

More than Rs 7 lakh crore of investor wealth was eroded in a single session as Sensex fell 2,037 points to 44,923, its day's low and Nifty lost 628 points to the intraday low of 13,131

After ending last week higher, the pan-European STOXX 600 index slid 2.3% after UK imposed an effective lockdown and reversed plans to ease curbs over Christmas as it dealt with a new coronavirus strain up to 70% more transmissible than the original

Sensex plunged 2,037 points to 44,923 against previous close of 46,960. Nifty crashed 629 points to 13,131 against previous close of 13,760

India Stock Market Highlights Today: Global equities were bearish today as coronavirus infections increased in parts of North Asia, such as Japan and South Korea, and weighed on investor sentiment. European countries have banned flights from the UK as the British government began emergency lockdown on Sunday, over fear of new virus strain.

The EU parliament has set a Sunday night deadline on the talks since it still will have to approve any deal ahead of year-end, when a transition period following the Jan. 31 departure of Britain from the bloc will expire