India Stock Market Highlights Today: UltraTech Cement followed by Tata Steel, ONGC, IndusInd Bank, HDFC Bank, M&M, Infosys and Reliance Industries were among the top losers in the Sensex pack. On the other hand, Maruti, Nestle India, Titan and PowerGrid were among the gainers

Companies garner record profits in July-September after four quarters of decline as cost reductions and revival in economic activity boost balance sheets; manufacturing firms steal the show

In terms of COVID management, North East, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Goa and Jammu & Kashmir were among top ten performing states, as per SBI report

It is anticipated that washing machines and air conditioners (ACs) prices may go up by 8-10 per cent, and the rates of refrigerators might witness a spike of 12- 15 per cent

During the session, Sensex touched a lifetime high of 45,148 and Nifty hit an all-time high of 13,280. During the week, Sensex and Nifty have risen 929 points or 2.1% and 289 points or 2.23%, respectively.

Speaking at the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announcement, Das said that the CPI inflation is likely to be 6.8% for Q3 adding that it is pegged to come down to 5.8% for Q4

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das says MPC voted unanimously to keep policy repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent; changes its FY21 real GDP target to 7.5 per cent as compared to 9.5% contraction projected earlier

India Stock Market Highlights Today: During the session, Sensex touched a lifetime high of 45,148 and Nifty hit an all-time high of 13,280

The decline in the GDP narrowed to 7.5% in the second quarter of this financial year, over 23.9% in April-June quarter

The finance ministry said that the GDP contraction easing to 7.5% in the September quarter from -23.9% in the previous quarter underlines a quarter-on-quarter surge in GDP growth of 23 per cent

India Stock Market Highlights Today: Maruti Suzuki, Hindalco, Tata Steel and GAIL India were the top gainers on Nifty rising up to 3.62%. SBI Life Insurance, Infosys, Bharti Airtel and Axis Bank were the top losers falling up to 1.79% on Nifty

Asian and European equities were mostly positive today as hopes for additional US economic stimulus and a coronavirus vaccine kept market sentiment positive

Dalal Street today: UltraTech Cement followed by Infosys, Sun Pharma, Bajaj Auto PowerGrid, ICICI Bank and IndusInd Bank were among the top gainers in the Sensex pack. On the other hand, ONGC, M&M, Nestle India, Axis Bank and HDFC were among the laggards

India set to become the world's second country, after the US, to cross 10 million or one crore cases of coronavirus infections by this week

Classes for freshers who enroll during the current 2020-21 academic year would however, begin from February 1, next year

The changes are expected to be for the better.  So, from RTGS, LPG cylinder price to policy premiums, here is what all is going to change.

Apex bank could take steps to fasten India's economic recovery after the coronavirus, but high inflation will most likely force it to keep the rates unchanged

After some improvement on the economic front and the fight against coronavirus, analysts expect the numbers, however, may not be as bad as they were in the first quarter.

India Stock Market Highlights Today: ICICI Bank, Airtel, Infosys, M&M were among the top losers today. On the other hand, Kotak Bank, NTPC, Maruti were among the top gainers

Professional fund managers and central banks, aware of the impact of reflationary measures, are looking to hedge their portfolios and reserves with gold - another driver for relatively firm prices for gold