HDFC Bank's valuation zoomed Rs 61,612.11 crore to reach Rs 5,21,660.14 crore. The market capitalisation of ICICI Bank jumped Rs 26,487.04 crore to Rs 2,15,029.01 crore and that of HDFC rallied Rs 24,733.64 crore to Rs 2,87,407.32 crore.

Hygiene and immunity have been the biggest concerns during the COVID-19 lockdown, and consumers have especially been receptive to any information related to these segments

In the ranking of top-10 firms, RIL retained its number one position, followed by TCS, HUL, HDFC Bank, Airtel, Infosys, HDFC, ITC, Kotak Mahindra Bank and ICICI Bank

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the ambitious, science-based actions from leading companies who are demonstrating to policy-makers that green growth remains the best growth strategy

The market valuation of HDFC Bank declined Rs 22,347.07 crore to Rs 4,87,083.88 crore and that of Hindustan Unilever Limited tanked Rs 13,192.26 crore to Rs 4,77,458.89 crore

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing companies to reimagine and reinvent

The investor confidence shot up in RIL because of the back-to-back strategic investments in its telecom subsidiary in the last three weeks

Stock specific action was seen in index heavyweight Reliance Industries gained 3.43% to Rs 1,558 on BSE after PE firm Vista Equity Partners said it would invest Rs 11,367 crore into Jio Platforms at an equity value of Rs 4.91 lakh crore and an enterprise value of Rs 5.16 lakh crore.

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today: SBI Cards and Payment Services, Adani Gas, Shree Cement, Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Health Care, Reliance Power, Reliance Infrastructure, Reliance Home Finance, Reliance Capital among others will be reporting their March quarterly results today

On Thursday, HUL shares opened trade in the negative terrain at Rs 1,951 and declined as much 5.35 per cent to hit an intraday low of Rs 1,902.30 on the BSE

Asian markets faced sharp sell-off on Monday amid growing concerns over China-US trade war tariffs, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sentiments turned negative after US President Donald Trump threatened China to impose new tariffs.

On Monday, HUL share price declined as much as 5.88 per cent to touch an intraday low of Rs 2,066.55 against previous closing price of Rs 2,195.70

Sectorally, barring pharma, all the other sectors While metal, banking and  were in the red. Metal, banking and financial sectors dropped over 7% each, realty and auto were down 6.5%, followed by 5% fall in media and PSU Banking index.

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today: Oil prices and global stocks came under pressure in today's session amid rising US-China tensions over the coronavirus. US President Donald Trump has threatened China to impose new tariffs and blamed the country for creating the new coronavirus in a Chinese laboratory.

Stocks to watch today on May 4: RIL, Tech Mahindra, HUL, ICICI Lombard, IDFC First Bank, AU Small Finance Bank  among others are the top stocks to watch out for in Monday's trading session

Investors saw their wealth surge by Rs 7.68 lakh crore on signs of relaxation in coronavirus lockdowns globally and central banks infusing liquidity in order to keep economies afloat

According to Hindustan Unilever (HUL) CMD Sanjiv Mehta, the company will be ready to serve its consumers through any channel that they would prefer to shop, be it big format stores, kirana stores or online.

Hindustan Unilever is systematically reviewing all areas of cash generation and revaluating all costs in the light of the circumstance so that we can invest behind the best opportunities

Amid all-round gains in the market today, auto, metal, financials and IT stocks traded with healthy gains. Besides RIL, companies set to announce their earnings today are Tech Mahindra, Hindustan Unilever, Apollo Tricoat Tubes, Laurus Labs, Aditya Birla Money among others

India's largest consumer goods maker recommended a final dividend of Rs 14 for the financial year ended March, 2020 on equity shares of Re 1 each