Sectorally, gains in FMCG, realty, auto, IT, media and metal index were capped by losses in PSU Banking, financial, private banking and pharma index

Stock Market News Updates Today: Global equities were buoyed today as positive macroeconomic data flow and hopes of a COVID-19 vaccine boosted investor sentiment

Kerry Stokes, chairman of Seven West Media, which owns 21 publications, thanked the government and the Australian competition regulator for their proposed law that the Parliament will consider Tuesday

Stock Market Live News Today: Sensex and Nifty continued hitting new all-time highs today. Both benchmarks hit fresh lifetime highs of 51,523 and 15,159 earlier today

Dalal Street today: ITC, M&M, ONGC, Bajaj Finserv, NTPC were among the top gainers while ICICI Bank, IndusInd Bank, Infosys, HDFC traded as top losers

Make in India: Railways awards project worth Rs 2,211 crore to Hyderabad firm Chugging ahead full steam on the government's Atma Nirbhar Bharat and Make in India track, the Indian railways has awarded projects worth Rs 2,211 crore to Hyderabad-based firm Medha Servo Drives Pvt. Ltd. for procurement of equipment for manufacturing additional rakes of Vande Bharat train sets.  The contract awarded by the Indian Railways to the firm is for design and manufacturing of propulsion, control an...

Biden takes office at a time of deep national unease, with the country facing what his advisers have described as four compounding crises: the pandemic, the economic downtown, climate change and racial inequality

Trump will not attend the oath ceremony of Biden, becoming the first president to skip his successor's inauguration since Andrew Johnson in 1869. Trump left the White House without welcoming his successor

On Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX), gold futures for February slumped 4% or Rs 2,086 to Rs 48,818 per 10 gram while silver futures tanked Rs 6,112 or 8.8% to Rs 63,850 per kg

Tech Mahindra, Infosys, UltraTech Cement, Power Grid Corporation of India, NTPC, Sun Pharma, HCL technologies were among top gainers

Twitter unlocked the president's @realDonaldTrump Twitter account, which has 88 million followers, after Trump removed three rule-breaking tweets

In line with positive global equities, Sensex ended 307 points higher at 48,176 and Nifty gained 114 points to 14,132. During today's session, Sensex hit a lifetime high of 48,220 and Nifty rose to a new high of 14,147

TCS, ONGC, SBI, L&T, Infosys, HCL Tech, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank were among the gainers. On the other hand, HDFC, Asian Paints and Reliance Industries were among the laggards

The metal climbed as much 1.3% on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump's approval of a $2.3 trillion stimulus package. U.S. gold futures rose 0.1% to $1,882.30

The House of Representatives voted on Monday to more than triple stimulus payments to Americans, to $2,000 from $600, sending the plan on to the Senate for a vote

Although it's been apparent for weeks that Biden won the presidential election, his accrual of more than 270 electors is the first step toward the White House, said Edward B. Foley, a law professor at Ohio State University

The passage of the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act by the Senate on Wednesday comes as a big relief to Indian IT professionals who come to the US on H-1B work visas

Asian and European equities were mostly positive today as hopes for additional US economic stimulus and a coronavirus vaccine kept market sentiment positive

India Stock Market Highlights Today: HDFC twins, Reliance Industries were among the top losers and Tata Steel, Titan and Asian Paints were among the top gainers

The Cabinet announcements could be released in tranches, with groups of nominees focused on a specific top area, like the economy, national security or public health, being announced at once