Crude oil price crossing $74 per barrel for the first time in six months and volatility ahead of election results next month is likely to weigh on the Indian equity markets

Retail investors increased their stakes in Jet Airways to 11.42 per cent as on March 31, 2019, from 4.9 per cent in the year-ago period

Share Market Updates: Overall 22 stocks out of 30 stocks closed in the red on Sensex and 30 out of 50 stocks closed in the red on NIFTY 50.

Investor sentiment took a beating amid reports that the US will end sanctions waiver on Iranian oil imports

The Jet stocks saw surge in selling after the company announced temporary suspension of flight operations after the State Bank of India-led consortium of lenders rejected the airline's plea for emergency funds.

Share Market Updates: On the sectoralfront, Oil & Gas, Energy and Realty indices were among the major losers.  However, IT sector continued to outperformafter rupee slips against US dollar.

Indian benchmark indices, Sensex, Nifty, closed lower in volatile trade on Thursday; RIL, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, ICICI Bank, SpiceJet, Interglobe Aviation, HDFC, HDFC Bank, were among top gainers

Equirus Securities expects RIL's net profit and EBITDA to grow by 4.20 per cent and 1.90 per cent year-on-year; net sales may see 23.5 per cent growth

Shares of SpiceJet and InterGlobe Aviation continued gaining streak on Wednesday and stocks touched their 52-week high after rival Jet Airways announced that they would temporarily suspend all its international and domestic flights operations.

Jet Airways shares declined as much as 30.28 per cent and touched an intra-day low of Rs 166.20 against the previous close level of Rs 241.85 on the BSE