Stock Market News Updates Today:Tata Steel, followed by Bharti Airtel, L&T, M&M, Bajaj Finance and HDFC were among the top gainers today. On the other hand, HUL, Reliance Industries, TCS, Nestle India and Tech Mahindra were among the top laggards

India Stock Market Highlights Today: Axis Bank, followed by IndusInd Bank, ICICI Bank, L&T, Tata Steel, Sun Pharma and ONGC were among the top gainers on Sensex pack. On the other hand, HCL Tech, Kotak Bank, Asian Paints, Infosys and HDFC Bank were among the laggards

People who have missed the rally are wondering if they should invest now. Many investors with good exposure to the yellow metal are pondering over liquidating and locking in some gains

The US central bank has capped dividend payments to the amount paid in the second quarter and further limited them to an amount based on recent earnings

The Fed also specified that it will buy 80 billion of Treasury securities a month and 40 billion in mortgage-backed securities.

In its final policy meeting of a tumultuous year, when it was spurred to cut interest rates three times to forestall a slowdown fueled largely by President Donald Trump's trade war, the US central bank struck a remarkably sanguine tone

While Sensex made an intraday high of 39,917, Nifty crossed 11,800 level for the first time since July 5 to touch 11,809.40 mark intraday.

Petrol and diesel prices today: Petrol was priced at Rs 73.22 per litre in Delhi on Tuesday, while diesel was sold at Rs 66.11 per litre

Gold prices on Thursday surpassed the Rs 38,000 mark for the first time on the back of rise in domestic demand coupled with strong trend overseas prompting investors to rush towards the precious metal.

On Budget day, Sensex rose to 40,032 level gaining 124 points intra day before the Budget speech started. However, the index tanked 467 points intra day to hit a low of 39,441 after FM Sitharaman finished her maiden Budget speech.

Share Market LIVE: On the sectoral front, indices trading in the green are IT, FMCG, Auto, Metal, Infra and Pharma. In declining indices, PSU bank and Media tops the list with 1.40% decline each, followed by Financial services, Energy, Bank and Realty.

The RBI will announce its second bi-monthly monetary policy on June 6

A foreign brokerage Monday said the Reserve Bank will cut its key policy rates by another 25 basis points, after governor Shaktikanta Das' weekend speech focusing on ways to revive growth.

RBI's MPC meet: \"The rate cut is in consonance of achieving the medium term objective of maintaining inflation at the 4 per cent level while supporting growth,\" RBI said in a statement.

A reduction in the Repo rate from current 6.25% to at least 6% will incentivise credit growth and improve private sector investment

Share Market updates: While the Sensex rallied 339 points to 39,012 in early trade, the Nifty climbed 85 points to 11,673.