With the Reserve Bank of India holding the key rates in its monetary policy, here are the five stocks that remained in focus today.

Maruti Suzuki shares rose over 2 per cent on Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) after the company posted a robust sales figure for the month of July.

The Sensex closed at 28,466 levels up by 248 points and the Nifty surged 84 points to end at 8,608 levels. Gains were majorly seen in the banking and energy sector.

The overall market breadth remained strong on the BSE as 1,674 stocks ended with gains while 1,150 closed in loss.

Shares of L&T Finance Holdings surged 8.43 per cent to Rs 72.05 on reports that American private equity fund Warburg Pincus may acquire 25 per cent stake in the financial services arm of Larsen & Toubro.

Deven Choksey, managing director at KR Choksey Securities said that fair conclusion of Greece debt issue and kindness of rain gods can continue to bode well for equities and the economy.

Pawan Munjal, who took over as Chairman, MD and CEO of Hero MotoCorp, has big shoes to fill. He is taking over from Brijmohan Lall Munjal who turned the company into the world's largest two-wheeler maker.

Though there is not a single business news story which can be termed less important, there are some which stand out among those we cover during a day. Here are the top five of them which we found the most relevant today.

Slowdown in reform process and taxing of FIIs are uncertainties that are currently surrounding the market. These concerns have resulted in the Indian market slowly losing steam.

Corporate India's borrowings have more than doubled in the past four years. Its debt woes in the midst of a slowing domestic economy have far-reaching consequences.

Around 19 Sensex blue chips, including State Bank of India, Coal India and Wipro have been 'quizzed' by bourses in the 1-1/2 months for the 'sudden' surge in their share prices.

Besides, expectations of faster reforms and a growth oriented Budget as well as recent data strengthening the case for more monetary easing boosted the sentiment, brokers said.

Excise duty has been reduced for small cars & two-wheelers (12% > 8%), large cars (27% > 24%) & midsegment cars (24% > 20%) #MakeInIndia, said the tweet.

Stocks of two-wheeler companies are expected to keep doing well.

The brokerage has also upgraded Hero MotoCorp to \"equalweight\" from \"underweight\" citing recent rally.

Besides, a firming trend overseas after European Central Bank announced stimulus measures , accelerated fund flows into emerging markets like India bouyed sentiments, brokers said.

Selling in Tata Motors, L&T, TCS, SBI, ONGC and Bharti Airtel mainly contributed to the Sensex fall while smart rise in HDFC and ITC restricted it to some extent.

The S&P BSE benchmark Sensex bounced back of 513 points to end at a lifetime closing high of 21,196.81 on fresh buying mainly in banking, FMCG PSU, capital goods, realty, auto and metal counters triggered by strong capital inflows and hopes of growth in the economy.

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