Markets are trading higher with auto, IT, and oil & gas companies leading the way. Nifty is above 17,000 while Sensex is up by over 350 points. On April 20, Angel One, Tata Elxsi, ICICI Securities, JTL Infra, Reliance Industrial Infrastructure, Ellora Trading, HCKK Ventures, Indbank Merchant Banking Services, and IND Bank Housing will report their respective quarterly earnings. The top F&O gainers this morning are Metropolis Healthcare Ltd, Dr Lal PathLabs Ltd, ACC Ltd, Motherson Sumi Systems Limited, and Ambuja Cements Limited. 

As a part of transformation to a professionally run institution with strong corporate governance reflecting an independent corporate entity, the company rechristened its name to Star Housing Finance Limited.

The stock hit a high of Rs 279 in the early trade on Tuesday after the company announced that the board of directors will meet on April 30, 2022, to consider a stock split proposal. Salasar Techno Engineering Ltd has recently outperformed the market by a significant margin. The stock has gained 15 per cent in the last one month as compared to a 1.38 per cent fall in S&P BSE Sensex. 

After a decline of around 1.23 per cent in the previous trading session, the broad market index S&P BSE Sensex opened in green today.

Highest put option open interest contract was added at a strike price of 16700 for expiry on April 21. 

Investors should keep a watch on this multi-bagger. In one year, the shares of Virat Industries Limited have jumped by 344 per cent.  On a YTD basis, the stock is up by 59 per cent, thus heavily outperforming the markets. Investors should keep Virat Industries in their watchlist.

As markets displayed mood swings facing a strong FII sell-off, the day ended in red for the fifth straight session .IT continued to drag the market joined by Realty and FMCG while Energy and Oil & Gas were among few sectors in the green.

Coal India increased by 3.33 per cent in response to the rising demand and also, enhanced its supplies to thermal power plants. The share price of AU Small Finance Bank rose by 1.71 per cent. On April 26, 2022, the lender's board of directors will consider issuing bonus shares. Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) gained 0.01 per cent. Mahanadi Coalfields Limited and the PSU company have signed a memorandum of understanding.  

On Tuesday, the equity markets saw a highly volatile session and the benchmark indices ended lower with Nifty settling below 17,000 mark.

BSE Small-cap index recorded losses of 1.70 per cent closing at 28,728.32.