Improved sentiment from the passing of the $1.9 trillion stimulus and a dip in US dollar index are helping gold prices

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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Stock Market News Live Today: While Sensex fell 440  points to 50,405, Nifty lost 142 points to 14,938. On Nifty, 38 stocks fell against 12 ending higher today

Iran's rupee reserves in India's UCO and IDBI Bank, the two lenders authorised to facilitate rupee trade, have depleted significantly

Intra-day, Sensex fell as much as 905 points before ending the session at 50,846, losing 598.57 points or 1.16 per cent

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

The country is the world's second biggest sugar producer and the higher output could weigh on global prices

In the forward dollar market, the outstanding net purchase at the end of December was $39.792 billion, compared with net purchase of $28.344 billion in November, data showed

While Sensex closed 1,147 points or 2.28 per cent higher at 51,444, Nifty climbed 326.50 points or 2.19 per cent to end at 15,245

Sensex, Nifty updates on March 3: Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Finance, Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank were top Sensex gainers

Elon Musk of Tesla added a record $151 billion to become the richest man in the world at $197 billion net worth. RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani, 63, saw his wealth grow 24 per cent to $83 billion in 2020, on the back of a surge in the value of RIL

While China had the maximum number of billionaires at 1,058, US was second with 696 billionaries. India was third on the list, adding 40 billionaires.

The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns had led to a surge in gold prices globally. Most commodity experts see a further downside in the gold prices amid decrease in infections, opening up of economies, and increase in vaccination pace

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

Stock Market Updates Today: Sectorally, all the indices were rising, with 1.8% rise in media, financial services, PSU Bank and private banking indices.

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Sectorally, all the other indices ended with major losses. PSU Bank, private and financial indices declined around 4-5% today

Stock Market News Updates Today: Sectorally, all the other indices were trading with major losses. PSU Bank, private and financial indices declined around 4-5% today

NSE's India VIX, a gauge of the market's expectation of volatility over the near term, fell 5.2 per cent to 22.89. Meanwhile, BSE's market capitalisation stood at Rs 206 lakh crore in today's session