Sensex closed 28.35 points higher at 48,832 and Nifty rose 36.40 points to 14,617 in choppy trade today

Bajaj Finance, Ultratech Cement , NTPC and Axis Bank were the top Sensex losers falling up to 3.12%

The governor of Tokyo said on Thursday she would request that the central government adopt emergency measures in the capital in response to a sudden increase in coronavirus infections and the spread of a new variant of the virus

The rupee is expected to average around 73.50-74 in FY22, as, despite a vaccine, the COVID-19 frenzy still persists and is likely to continue to grapple the foreign exchange market

Sandeep Bhardwaj, CEO, Retail at IIFL Securities said the IPO pipeline remains strong with 28 companies holding markets regulator Sebi's approval for raising nearly Rs 28,710 crore through initial share-sale going forward

Stock Market News Update Today: UltraTech Cement, Titan Company, ICICI Bank, IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank were among top gainers, while ONGC, Power Grid Corporation of India, ITC, NTPC, HDFC were among top losers

FPIs poured in Rs 14,202 crore into equities but pulled out Rs 5,560 crore from debt segment between March 1-19. This took the total net investment to Rs 8,642 crore

The BSE Sensex, which opened 490 points higher, declined as much as 1,334 points intraday, from day's high of high of 50,296.35 to low of 48,962.36

While Sensex lost 440 points to 50,405, Nifty ended 142 points lower at 14,938. Intra-day, the index swung around 726 points

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

The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of the market's expectation of volatility over the near term, fell 8.9% to 25.62

Share market gainers today: 5 stocks that rose the most on March 1: PowerGrid, ONGC, Kotak Bank, Asian Paints and UltraTech Cement traded as the top gainers on BSE and NSE

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.

BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy said that India's Q3 GDP growth would have been -10 per cent using Laspeyres Price Index Number and -15 per cent using Paasche Index, provided guesstimate of negative growth in MSMEs and informal sector were added to GDP

When the market keeps hitting fresh highs, you should re-balance your portfolio by investing in other asset classes.

Without the base revision, GDP growth would have declined 0.6 per cent in December quarter, noted Motilal Oswal

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