Following resumption of trading at 3:45 pm on NSE, benchmark indices rose as FM Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the government has lifted the embargo on grant of government businesses to private banks.

There was a sharp fall of around 40-50% in February and March followed by an equally sharp recovery since then taking markets to new highs. Analysts believe small caps and mid caps will have an edge over large caps in this year

MTAR Technologies IPO to open on March 3: The Hyderabad-basedcompany aims to raise up to Rs 600 from the three-day IPO which closes on March 5

Stock Market Updates Today: Sectorally, except for IT and pharma index, all the other indices ended with decent gains. Private, PSU Bank and financial indices closed 3% higher today.

The basis of share allotment is expected to be finalised on March 2 and shares are likely to be credited to Demat accounts of investors on March 4. Equity shares are proposed to be listed on BSE and National Stock Exchange

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

Stock Market News Updates Today: M&M, Axis Bank, L&T, Maruti traded among the top losers on Sensex pack. Meanwhile, ONGC, HDFC, Tech Mahindra traded among the top gainers

Foreign portfolio investment (FPIs) pumped in Rs 24,204 crore into Indian equities and Rs 761 crore in the debt segment, taking the total net investment to Rs 24,965 crore during February 1-19

The pharma share touched an intraday high of Rs 329.25, rising 7.74% on BSE

Stock Market News Updates Today: Bajaj Finserv, IndusInd Bank, RIL, Kotak Bank were among the top gainers today, while NTPC, PowerGrid, Asian Paints, ICICI Bank, Tata Motors were among the top losers

Though India caught on to the Real Estate Investment Trust model late, successful listings have not only demonstrated investor appetite, but also paved way for many others to consider a new approach to commercial real estate

Stock Market News Updates Today: ONGC, SBI, Power Grid, RIL, NTPC, ITC, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, RIL, TCS and IndusInd Bank were among the top gainers. On the other hand, Axis Bank, Bajaj Finserv, HDFC Bank, HUL, HDFC, Airtel and L&T were among the top losers today

These reforms come a little over a fortnight after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced amendments to relevant legislation during the Budget session to float  LIC IPO on markets

Indian traders, both brick-and-mortar and smaller online sellers, have long alleged that Amazon's platform largely benefits a tiny number of big sellers and that the American giant engages in predatory pricing that has crushed legions of retailers

Ind-Ra has said that it believes despite VDL's likely healthy operating performance over FY21-FY22, the group's ability to reduce debt will remain limited, considering the substantial dividend cash leakages in the current group structure

Nestle, Asian Paints, Maruti, Bajaj Finserv, HDFC Bank, IndusInd Bank, HDFC and Dr Reddy's were among the top losers today. On the other hand, SBI, Power Grid, RIL, NTPC, M&M, Airtel and Axis Bank were among the top gainers

Stock Market News Updates Today: Nestle India, Titan, RIL, ITC, HUL, HCL Tech, ONGC, HDFC, TCS, PowerGrid and ICICI Bank were among the top losers today. On the other hand, Bajaj Auto, SBI, Bajaj Finance and Reliance Industries were among the gainers

Sectorally, pharma, metal, PSU Banking and realty ended in the green. Meanwhile, IT, FMCG and private banks logged bearish closing

The minimum market lot size for the IPO is 155 shares, where an individual investor can apply for up to 13 lots (2015 shares or Rs 189,410)

Stock Market Updates Today: Sun Pharma, ITC, HDFC were trading among the top losers today while RIL, L&T, Maruti were among the top gainers