Goyal said he was ready to invest up to Rs 700 crore in the airline on the condition that his stake does not fall below 25 per cent. Etihad reportedly put forward strict conditions yesterday, including that Goyal should give up control, for infusing funds into the crisis-hit carrier.

The stock had gained over 22% in the last two sessions amid hopes that lenders would come up with a comprehensive plan to deal with its crippling debt crisis.

In morning session, the biggest gainers in the Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank, NTPC, SBI, Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, Vedanta, Axis Bank, Tata Steel, PowerGrid, ONGC and Infosys, rising up to 1.35 per cent.

Sneha Seth, Analyst, Derivative Research, takes viewers through all the market action today. The Sensex and Nifty closed higher today after inflation rate plummeted to an 18-month low.

The CPI figure for December month is almost half of what the RBI has been projecting for the last one year.

ELSS has the lowest lock-in of just 3 years among all Section 80C options. ELSS saves up to Rs 46,800 a year in tax.

PM Modi's government budgeted 700.8 billion rupees for fertiliser subsidies for the year 2018/19, but nearly half of the money was used to settle dues from the previous year

YES Bank (2.87%), Reliance Industries (1.35%) and Infosys (1.27%) were the top Sensex gainers.

The fall was led by L&T, IndusInd Bank, PowerGrid, NTPC, TCS, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Hero MotoCorp, Bharti Airtel and SBI, declining up to 2.64 per cent.