Sensex closes up 164 points, Nifty 0.62% higher on recovery in global markets

BSE Sensex closed higher by 164 points, or 0.56%, to 29,332, while the NSE Nifty rose 55.85 points to 9,086.30. Sensex rose today tracking a recovery in global markets with energy shares leading the gains, whereas financial and auto shares bounced back. Key indexes had on Wednesday clocked their highest intraday loss in over 2 months, boosted by a slump on the Wall Street due to a lack of clarity in Trump’s economic policies. U.S shares picked up on Wednesday while Asian stocks rose on Thursday, taking signals from gains on Wall Street.

Share price of NTPC finished on an cheerful note, up 2.3%, after the company reported seeking to buy the federal government's stake in hydro-power producer SJVN Ltd. to increase the share of non-fossil fuel generation capacity.

Share price of Cairn India surged 2.7% after the government approved a policy for extending the term of more than two dozen oil & gas production contracts signed in a bid to bolster energy security. The move is expected to obtain an additional investment of about USD 5.43 billion.

The rupee was trading at Rs 65.42 against the US Dollar in the afternoon session. Oil prices were trading at US Dollar 48.35 at evening.

Sensex closes down 318 points, Nifty 1% lower on concern over Trump’s policies

Sensex dropped for a third consecutive session on Wednesday as banking and automobile shares fell. Asian stocks fell as worries on Donald Trump’s economic growth agenda provoked investors to dump risky assets looking for safe havens such as government bonds. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 1.3%.
On closing, the barometer index, the BSE Sensex, lost 317.77 points or 1.08% at 29,167.68, while the Nifty 50 index was down 91.05 points or 1% at 9,030.45. Stocks in the metal and banking sectors had rose up to a high extent. About 990 shares advanced, 1822 shares declined and about 194 shares remained unchanged.
Auto stocks lost traction with M&M Ltd and Tata Motors falling 2% and 1.4%, respectively, to pull down the NSE index. Bharti Airtel was among the top losers on both the NSE and BSE indices, dipping nearly 3%.

Nifty ends at record close 9150

Key Benchmarks ended the week end on a flat note after registering fresh highs intraday as investors are likely to have booked profits in the rally seen during the week. The BSE Sensex settled the day at 29,649, up 63 points, while the broader Nifty50 ended at 9,160, up 6.35 points or 0.07%. The market breadth was downbeat. About 1,225 shares advanced, while 1,593 shares declined, and 204 shares are unchanged.

The cigarette maker ITC rose over 7% at intra-day after the GST Council capped the tax on tobacco products.  ITC ended 4.6% higher along with other cigarette stocks such as Godfrey Phillips, and Golden Tobacco gained today on the BSE. Telecom index was the top sectoral laggards, going down 2.7% with Bharti Airtel dragging the index.  PSU banks and telecom stocks also witnessed a fall.

Overseas, European stocks edged lower since investors take a sigh from a global equity market rally that has pressed U.K stocks to record highs.