Barring media, metal, FMCG and realty, all the other indices closed in red territory. Nifty Pharma, private banking and IT were down around 0.70-0.80% each

The pure-play generic injectable pharmaceutical products company had filed its draft red herring prospectus with Sebi for the proposed IPO back in July 2020

Asian Paints stock has risen 16% since the beginning of the year and 7% in the last week. Market capitalisation of the firm stood at Rs 1,99,997.54 crore

Virmani lists out 14 major reforms carried out by the Modi government, while also mentioning that six more were pending to be implemented in the current financial year

Bajaj Auto stock has fallen 6% since the beginning of the year and 1.41% in the last week. The automaker's market capitalisation stood at Rs 86,318.18 crore

The domestic unit opened sharply lower at 73.77 at the interbank forex market, but recovered slightly to touch 73.74, falling of 16 paise over its previous close

Bajaj Finance share opened with a loss of 2.23% at Rs 3161 against previous close of Rs 3,233.25 today

India Stock Market Highlights Today: ICICI Bank, followed by Asian Paints, Reliance Industries, PowerGrid, Nestle India and SBI were among the top losers today. On the other hand, Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Finance, Bharti Airtel, L&T and UltraTech Cement were among the gainers

Stocks to watch today on October 22: HDFC, UltraTech Cement, Bajaj Finserv, Zee Entertainment, RIL among others are the top stocks to watch out for in Thursday's trading session

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Sectorally, barring FMCG, IT, media and auto indices, all other sectors closed in the green. The realty index ended 4% higher, followed by a 2% gain in metal and 1.5% rise each in banking and financial sectors

The market capitalisation of the mid-cap stock stood at Rs 16,098 crore as of today's closing session. Escorts shares closed 0.13% higher at Rs 1,198.40 on BSE today

Over 30 lakh non-gazetted employees will be benefited by the bonus announcement and total financial implication the decision will be Rs 3,737 crore, says Union minister Prakash Javadekar

Shares of Bajaj Finance opened at Rs 3,279 and fell as much as 4.92% to touch an intraday low of Rs 3,101, as against the previous close of Rs 3,262 on BSE

India Stock Market Highlights Today: IndusInd Bank, followed by HDFC, Tata Steel, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, SBI, Titan, Kotak Bank and Reliance Industries were among the top gainers today. On the other hand, Nestle India, HUL and TCS were among the laggards

Stocks to watch today on October 21: Hindustan Zinc, RIL, L&T Infotech, SpiceJet, Bajaj Auto among others are the top stocks to watch out for in Wednesday's trading session

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India Stock Market Highlights Today: HCL Tech, followed by L&T, M&M, Tech Mahindra, Maruti, TCS, Asian Paints, Infosys and HDFC Bank were among the top gainers today. On the other hand, ONGC, Nestle India, SBI, ICICI Bank and IndusInd Bank were among the laggards