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.