Today, Sensex is up by more than 1,600 points on an intraday basis and is well on its path to deliver one of the best Budget day performances till date.  

We have taken Nifty 500 universe into consideration and the criteria for volume & price is set as volume traded, which should be greater than its previous session’s traded volume and price should be greater or higher than its previous session's high. In all, 27 stocks are meeting these criteria.

The measures for boosting up the insurance sector were also highlighted during the presentation of Budget 2021. Some proposals were made to amend the Insurance Act 1938.  

The Government of India today announced Capex to the power sector of Rs 5.54 lakh crore in FY22 vs FY21's Rs 4.39 lakh crore. The government announced that power transmission assets of Rs 7,000 crore will be transferred to Power Grid InvIT. The centre will also provide Rs 2 lakh crore to states & autonomous bodies for Capex. 

The Finance Minister announced a sharp increase in the capital expenditure of nearly 34.5 per cent to Rs 5.54 lakh crore for FY 2022 as against Rs 4.39 lakh crore.

The Budget event so far is tilting towards bulls in a big way with Sensex recording gains of more than 900 points on an intraday basis.  

A high level of provisioning by the public sector banks surely stresses on the needs to have measures to clean up the books of banks and provide for additional support. With the announcements of PSU Banks, their shares zoomed.  

The Budget outlay for health and welfare is Rs 2.23 lakh crore in 2021-22 Budget. This is a 137 per cent increase.

With the announcement of ‘Voluntary Vehicle Scrappage Policy’, S&P BSE Auto index witnessed a jump of 1.14 per cent. 

Nirmala Sitharaman begins her Budget speech by quoting Rabindranath Tagore’s line, “Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.”