Banking stocks led the rally in early trade with Bank Nifty trading 251 points or 1.26% higher at 20,208. Sectorally, all indices gained with media, financials, banking and auto stocks registering maximum buying momentum, while PSU stocks fell

Moody's has downgraded the country's credit rating to Baa3 from Baa, just above the junk grade, with a negative outlook. With this, its rating is now consistent with other ratings agencies such as Fitch and Standard and Poor's

Forex traders said, while firm start of the equity market and foreign fund inflows supported the rupee, factors like strong dollar, US-China tensions and Moody's downgrade of India's sovereign credit rating dragged down the local unit

CNG price hike: The increase has come after IGL last cut CNG prices by Rs 3.2 per kg and rate of piped natural gas by Rs 1.55 per unit on April 3

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Kotak Bank, M&M, Tata Motors, Hindalco, Bajaj Finance were among the top gainers on Nifty. On the contrary, Coal India, L&T, ITC, ICICI Bank and BPCL were among the major losers

Stocks to watch today on June 2: Yes Bank, Eicher Motors, Tata Power, TVS Motor,  Hero MotoCorp, RIL, Ashok Leyland  among others are the top stocks to watch out for in Tuesday's trading session

Reduced US-China geopolitical tensions after US President Donald Trump stopped short of threatening tariffs on China and private survey data showing that China's manufacturing sector moved into expansion territory in May also boosted market sentiments

Bajaj Finance was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising around 11 per cent, followed by Titan, Tata Steel, SBI, M&M, HDFC, IndusInd Bank and Reliance Industries

Domestic equity market traded majorly bullish today after the government announced lifting of lockdown. As per technical indicators, the rise in second half of Friday signals continuation of the uptrend, as the index surpassed 9,600 levels extending its bullish momentum

RBI data shows excess liquidity is lying idle, parked in its own reverse repo account, and burdening it with higher interest payouts. This could be tapped and channelised for additional fiscal spending to stimulate growth through government bonds

The rupee opened at 75.32 at the interbank forex market and then gained further ground to touch 75.30, up 32 paise over its last close

LPG cylinder rates increased: The selling price of LPG in Delhi market for the month of May 2020 was reduced from Rs 744 to Rs 581.50 per cylinder for all consumers in line with drop in international prices, stated Indian Oil

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Axis Bank, Tata Steel, Bajaj Finance, IndusInd Bank, SBI, ICICI Bank and HDFC twins were among the top gainers on Sensex pack. On the other hand, Sun Pharma was the sole laggard

Stocks to watch today on June 1: YES Bank, RIL, IDBI Bank, Kotak Bank, P&G Health, M&M, Affle, Polycab, MCX, Lemon Tree among others are the top stocks to watch out for in Monday's trading session

As per depositories data, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) infused a net Rs 14,569 crore into equities but pulled out a net Rs 21,935 crore from the debt segment between May 1-29

Amid weak cues from global markets, Sensex and Nifty opened lower, although erased early losses and reversed trend by the last hour of the session, amid rally in sector specific action. Barring IT and media, all the indices closed higher, amid heavy gains in realty, pharma and FMCG stocks

The rupee opened at 75.71 at the interbank forex market and then gained further to 75.65, up 11 paise over its last close. It had settled at 75.76 against the US dollar on Thursday

Stock Market LIVE Updates: Axis Bank, followed by IndusInd Bank, Bajaj Finance, Tata Steel, Infosys, HDFC twins and ICICI Bank were among the top losers. On the contrary, Bajaj Auto, ITC, Sun Pharma, Asian Paints and L&T were among the top gainers on Sensex pack.

Stocks to watch today on May 29: Jubilant Sciences, TVS Motors, Vodafone Idea, RIL, Yes Bank, Heidelberg, CEAT among others are the top stocks to watch out for in Friday's trading session

It seems investors are sitting on boundaries in a wait-and-watch mode and traders are reaping gains from the volatility cycle in which the benchmark indices are stuck.