Sensex today | Stock Market Highlights: Sensex declines 238.41 points to settle at 77,470.11; Nifty dips 50.80 points to 24,187.70
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The Indian stock market opened cautiously with the Sensex and Nifty50 slightly up after previous losses, driven by mixed global cues and ongoing corporate earnings assessments. While Shriram Finance and Bajaj Finserve were among the top gainers, HDFC Bank and Infosys faced declines. The rupee strengthened against the dollar, supported by lower oil prices and positive RBI inflows, despite foreign institutional investors being net sellers.
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The top gainers on the Nifty 50 were Shriram Finance (up 2.61%), Bajaj Finserve (2.03%), IndiGo (1.37%), HCLTech (1.25%) and UltraTech Cement (1.21%).
The laggards were HDFC Bank (down 2.03%), Infosys (1.44%), Reliance (1.35%), SBI (1.14%) and TCS (1.13%).
Rupee rose 0.2% to 96.2350 against the US dollar.
Benchmark equity indices opened on a cautious note on Tuesday morning, with the Sensex and Nifty50 trading marginally in the green after Monday’s losses, as investors weighed mixed global cues and continued to track first-quarter corporate earnings.
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Broader Asian markets fell, tracking overnight losses on Wall Street as Brent hovered around $90 a barrel.
Monday’s session saw Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) remain net sellers at ₹1,305 crore, though Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) absorbed much of that pressure with net purchases of ₹1,409 crore, providing a stabilising floor to the market.
Trilegal successfully advised the lead managers, namely, HSBC Securities and Capital Markets (India) Limited, Axis Capital Limited, Nomura Financial Advisory and Securities (India) Private, BofA Securities India Limited, Goldman Sachs (India) Securities Private Limited, Kotak Mahindra Capital Company Limited, Ambit Private Limited, Avendus Capital Private Limited, BNP Paribas, CLSA India Private Limited, Emkay Global Financial Services Limited, and Motilal Oswal Investment Advisors Limited in the Qualified Institutional Placement of the equity shares of Ather Energy Limited (QIP).
The QIP comprised of allotment of 1,08,15,307 equity shares each at a price of INR 1,202 per equity share, including a premium of INR 1,201 per equity share, aggregating up to INR 1,300 crores to eligible Qualified Institutional Buyers.
The Trilegal Capital Markets Team advising on the mandate was led by Partner: Vijay Parthasarathi, and comprised Counsel: Saurav Das; Senior Associates: Vedansh Batwara, Prajna Kariappa; Associates: Jasmine Manekshaw, Vansh Dhoka, and Trainee Associate: Pratik Basistha.
Rupee strengthens against the dollar as oil prices drop and RBI inflows boost market confidence amidst geopolitical tensions.
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Inderbir Singh Jolly, CEO, PL Capital Private Wealth
According to PL Capital Private Wealth, Indian equity markets continue to demonstrate resilience despite intermittent bouts of volatility, supported by healthy corporate performance, strong domestic macroeconomic fundamentals, and the return of foreign institutional investor (FII) inflows.
PL Capital Private Wealth notes that recent macroeconomic indicators continue to reinforce India’s long-term growth story. The benchmark indices remain near their all-time highs, with the Sensex hovering around 78.1K and the Nifty trading above 24.3K, as investors closely track the Q1FY27 earnings season and other key market developments. On other hand, retail inflation eased to 4.38% in June, remaining well within the Reserve Bank of India...
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