Sensex, Nifty scale fresh record high, Tata Steel surges 8%

The benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty logged modest gains on Wednesday’s trading led by auto, metal and capital goods stocks. The BSE Sensex rose 76.17 points or 0.25% at 30,658.77, while the Nifty50 index rose 5.75 points or 0.06% at 9,518. Both the Sensex and the Nifty knocked record high levels in late trade. Tata Steel, Tata Motors and ICICI Bank led the riley upward.

Losses were mainly seen in O&G stocks, pharma stocks and consumer durables stocks , while  auto stocks and metal stocks  registered majority of the buying activity. Tata Steel surged as much as 8 percent to Rs 494 after the metal major posted its better than expected earnings. The company’s revenue rose 30.4 percent to Rs 353.05 billion as the company sold more steel products in India.

Indian Oil Corporation is reportedly aiming to invest Rs 200 billion in 2017-18. The company is also looking forward to acquisitions and planning to expand overseas.

Asian stock markets were almost lower with Dow futures tumbling and the safe-haven yen rising despite political and legal chaos surrounding President Donald Trump. The Nikkei-225 index  is down 0.53 percent while China's Shanghai Composite is off 0.27%. European markets are mixed to lower.

The rupee was trading at Rs 64.02 versus the U.S. Dollar  in the afternoon session, while Oil prices were trading at  us dollar 48.71.