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 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

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

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

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

The Vedanta group subsidiary reported a 7% YoY fall in consolidated net profit at Rs 1,940 crore for the second quarter of the financial year 2021, as against Rs 2,081 crore during the same quarter last year

The domestic unit opened at 73.39 in the interbank forex market, and gained by 13 paise to 73.36, over its previous close

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

On the sectoral front, barring FMCG and PSU Banks, all the indices ended in green, with metal and realty registering over 2% gains

The domestic currency was trading in a narrow range at the interbank forex market. After opening at 73.36 per dollar, rupee  gained by 2 paise to touch 73.35 from its previous close of  73.37 per dollar

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

Besides positive global markets, investors were also buoyed over the September quarter earnings season, that will further help in providing a clear picture of the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic-induced lockdown

As per TRAI's report, Reliance Jio is leading the wireless subscriber market share, with 40.08 crore subscribers

Tata Communications posted an around seven-fold jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 384.81 crore for the September quarter, as compared to a profit of Rs 54.31 crore in the corresponding period of the last fiscal

The offer includes a reservation of up to Rs 1 crore worth of shares for eligible employees of Equitas Small Finance Bank and Rs 51 crore of shares for Equitas Holdings' shareholders

The local unit opened at 73.38 per US dollar at the interbank forex market, then lost ground and fell down 7 paise to 73.42 over its previous close of 73.35 on Friday

India Stock Market Highlights Today: ONGC, followed by NTPC, HDFC, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, PowerGrid and Nestle India were among the top gainer on Sensex pack. On the other hand, TCS, Tech Mahindra, Infosys and Sun Pharma were among the laggards.

BondEvalue officially graduated from the MAS' regulatory sandbox on October 1, 2020. The move means that BondEvalue has successfully concluded proof of technology and business model

The country's foreign exchange reserves surged by $5.867 billion to touch a record high of $551.505 billion in the week to October 9, according to the RBI data