Sensex, Nifty Live News Today: Kotak Bank, ONGC, Britannia, Shree Cements and Titan were among the top losers today, while Bharti Infratel, Adani Ports, IndusInd Bank, Tech Mahindra and JSW Steel were the top gainers on NSE today.

Shares of Astec Lifesciences, TCI Developers, and NIIT Technologies each locked at 20% upper circuit after reporting Q4 earnings. The share price of Rallies India and Adani Enterprises fell 8% and 3% intraday, post results. Where Adani Ports and Tata Coffee rose 4% intraday post-earnings, JM Financial shares gained 13% pre-result.

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today: Bharti Airtel, ONGC, NTPC, Reliance Industries and Tata Steel were among the gainers in the Sensex pack. On the other hand, ITC, Axis Bank, Titan, Bajaj Auto, Maruti, M&M, L&T and IndusInd Bank were among the was the top losers.

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today: Market erased gains on Tuesday after rating firm S&P said that India's fiscal space is expected to be limited, owing to government's already elevated deficit. S&P added that systemic pressures for Indian banks could rise, owing to extension of the virus induced lockdown.

Financial stocks continued upward momentum for the second session today, with IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank, HDFC, Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, ICICI Bank, Kotak Bank, Cholamandalam Investment and Finance and SBI being top gainers on Sensex.

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today: IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank, HDFC, Tech Mahindra, ICICI Bank, Kotak Bank and SBI were among the top gainers in the Sensex pack. On the other hand, Sun Pharma, HCL Tech, Reliance Industries and Bharti Airtel were among the top laggards.

Asian markets were ended positive led by Nikkei, ahead of Bank of Japan monetary meet. Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank will meet later in the week, while Bank of Japan has begun the policy meeting today.

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today: Kotak Bank, Axis Bank, Bajaj Finance, IndusInd Bank, HDFC, ICICI Bank and Reliance Industries were among the top gainer in the Sensex pack. Cipla, JSW Steel, IndusInd Bank, Reliance Industries, Maruti were trading as top performers on Nifty. Power Grid and NTPC were the only losers on both Sensex and Nifty today.

Financial stocks contributed to more than half the losses on index with Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, HDFC, M&M Financial Services, Cholamandalam Investment and Finance ranking among the top losers on both BSE and NSE.

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today: Traders said overseas markets were under pressure today after the first full trial of potential Corona virus vaccine of antiviral medication Remdesivir failed to show any effects.

Domestic benchmarks climbed to day's high, with Sensex and Nifty rising to 31,959 and 9,343, backed by strong overseas markets that rose amid a recovery in crude prices.

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today: In terms of sector, barring FMCG and PSU Pharma, all the other sectors closed in the green. IT gained 4%, while banking and financials ended 2-3% higher.

On the sectoral front, media stocks rose the most, with Nifty media closing 6.65% higher, followed by a 3% rise in energy and a 2.5% rise in FMCG and auto indexes. Meanwhile, PSU Bank, pharma and realty sectors were declining marginally.

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today: In terms of sectors, media stocks were rising the most, with Nifty media climbing 4.55% higher, followed by 2.7% rise in energy and 2% gain in auto scrips. In the meanwhile, PSU Bank and realty sectors declining over 1% each, followed by marginal decline in banking and financial indices.

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today: The top laggards in the Sensex pack included Maruti Suzuki, Tata Steel, IndusInd Bank, Bajaj Finance, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank and ONGC. On the other hand, Sun Pharma, Nestle India, HUL, Asian Paints and ITC were among the top gainers today.

Demand for oil has collapsed so much due to the coronavirus pandemic that facilities for storing crude are nearly full

Stocks were also slipping on Wall Street in afternoon trading, with the S&P 500 down 1.2%, but the market's most dramatic action by far was in oil, where benchmark U.S. crude for May delivery plummeted to negative $35.20, as of 2:30 pm Eastern time

At the opening bell today, indices climbed higher tracking positive global cues amid value buying  in index heavyweights HDFC Bank, Infosys, and Kotak Bank etc. Sensex opened 100 points higher at 31,680 and Nifty rose 32 points to 9,301.

Japan reported Monday that its exports fell nearly 12% in March from a year earlier as the pandemic hammered demand in its two biggest markets, the U.S. and China.

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today: As per market experts, stock-specific action in index heavyweights HDFC twins, Infosys, Kotak Bank, Tech Mahindra, HCL Tech and TCS kept Sensex and Nifty positive today.