Sensex gains by over 400 points; Infosys soars by nearly 10 per cent

Sensex gains by over 400 points; Infosys soars by nearly 10 per cent

Geyatee Deshpande
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Benchmark indices settled higher for another consecutive day with Sensex gaining by 419.87 points or 1.16 per cent to close at 36,471.68 while Nifty rose by 121.75 points or 1.15 per cent to settle at 10,739.95.

Shares of Infosys zoomed by 9.56 per cent per share to touch a new 52-week high on BSE. Earnings from the IT company that were better than expected and a nearly 11.4 per cent rise in its quarterly net profits along with securing deals worth US$ 1.74 billion during COVID-19 led to positive growth sentiments about the company.

Crude oil prices fell after the OPEC allies agreed to ease output curbs. Brent Crude price fell by 0.59 per cent to USD 43.53 per barrel while WTI Crude dipped by 1 per cent to USD 40.79 per barrel.

On Day 2 of its FPO, YES Bank was subscribed by about 26 per cent.

Sensex winners comprised Mahindra & Mahindra rallying by 3.43 per cent, Nestle India gaining by 3.22 per cent, IndusInd Bank increasing by 2.98 per cent, Kotak Mahindra Bank up by 2.47 per cent, HCL Technologies gaining by 2.02 per cent, Bajaj Finance up by 1.80 per cent, etc. Sensex losers included Tech Mahindra dropping by 2.54 per cent, ITC was declining by 2.34per cent, NTPC dipping by 1.36 per cent, Power Grid decreasing by 1.04 per cent, Titan Company falling by 0.88 per cent, ICICI Bank down by 0.29 per cent, Bharti Airtel down by 0.27 per cent etc.

Amongst BSE sectoral indices, the biggest gainer was IT index, up by 4.14 per cent while Telecom index was the biggest loser, down by 1.52 per cent. BSE small-cap index fell by 0.13 per cent whereas BSE mid-cap index rose by 0.71 per cent.

Market Snapshot

NSE

No. of Stocks

No. of stocks (%)

Advances

734

38.79

Declines

1,071

56.61

Unchanged

87

4.60

Total

1,892

100

 

Indices Performance

Indices  

Price

Change

% Change

S&P BSE SENSEX

36,471.68

419.87

1.16

S&P BSE 100

10,808.12

110.89

1.04

S&P BSE 200

4,509.82

44.45

1

S&P BSE 500

13,905.49

125.28

0.91

 

Sectoral Indices  

Price

Change

% Change

BSE Healthcare

16,942.14

203.93

1.22

BSE FMCG

11,527.35

26.36

0.23

BSE Capital Goods

12,800.05

59.60

0.47

BSE TECK

8,456.45

251.94

3.07

BSE Information Technology

17,194.49

683.01

4.14

 

BSE 200 Top Gainers

Stock

Price

Change

% Change

Infosys

910.9

79.45

9.56

Max Financial Services

578.5

43.5

8.13

IPCA Laboratories

1777.15

126.15

7.64

Bharat Petroleum Corporation

394.05

24.4

6.6

Jindal Steel & Power

177.1

10.6

6.37

 

BSE 200 Top Losers

Stock

Price

Change

% Change

Vodafone Idea

7.87

-0.78

-9.02

Bharati Infratel

189.9

-14.2

-6.96

Avenue Supermarts

2007.8

-138.95

-6.47

Future Retail

105.25

-5.5

-4.97

IDBI Bank

38.3

-1.6

-4.01

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