Sensex touch above 30,000 mark for the first time ever; Nifty scales 9351

The benchmark Sensex, which was fighting to touch 30,000 mark has finally crossed above 30,000 mark and come out  to be well placed above 30,100 level. The BSE Sensex closed at 30,133.35 higher by 190.11 points. NSE  Nifty closed higher for the third consecutive trading session at 9351.85 up by 45.25 points.
HDFC Bank led the market rally, while  IT stocks remained under stress all through  day. Tech Mahindra was the biggest laggard  going down by 2.9% at Rs 425.45 per share. The IPO of S Chand got subscribed by 24% on its initial day of subscription. MRF Ltd closed higher by Rs 2,573.4 per share or 3.87% at Rs 69,018 per share.
The Bank Nifty index touched the fresh 52-week high of 22,276 level up by 222 points. PNB was the well focusing among the banking stocks, which closed higher by 3.66 percent  at Rs 167 per share. 
The rupee touched its 20-months high of 63.93 per dollar. European exchanges opened a bit  lower on today as investors focused on earnings, monetary policy and a tax announcement in the US.


 

Sensex closed at 29,943 levels, Nifty above 9300 for first time ever, RIL rise 3.4%

The benchmark indices NSE Nifty-50 index closed at 9,306, higher by 88.65 points or 0.96%, whereas the Sensex closed at 29,943.24, higher by 287.40 points Nifty closed above 9,300 for the first time since April 12, 2017. Nifty bank, Sensex and  Nifty Midcap closed at their ever high levels today. The BSE Mid-cap Index closed up by 0.9% at 14,625 whereas the BSE Smallcap Index closed up by 0.8% at 15,291.
Bharti  Infratel  Ltd was the top Nifty gainer while, Tata Power was the top Nifty loser. Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) climbed nearly 3.4% to its highest since May 2008, keeping it the biggest gainer on the NSE index, after the company on Monday posted a 12.8% rise in Q4 profit, beating expectations.
Bank stocks finished recorded  a strong note with  share price of Bank of India and Axis Bank leading the gains. There were 884 advancing shares , 777 declining stocks and 297 unchanged stocks on NSE.  A bullish undertone floated in the market.
The Indian rupee strengthened to as much as 64.2750 per dollar. Oil prices were trading at USD 49.34.

Nifty closes above 9200, Sensex rallies 290 points, Rupee strengthens

Key benchmark indices triggered  the starting week on a strong footing tracking positive trend in global markets, after the preferred candidate, Emmanuel Macron, won the first round of the French presidential voting.
The BSE Sensex was up 290.54 points at 29,655.84 while the NSE Nifty closed above 9,200-mark for the first time since April 12,  rising up 98.55 points at 9,217.95. The broader markets kept momentum  similar to benchmarks as the BSE Mid-cap index was up 0.95% and Small-cap rose 0.8% on strong breadth. About 1627 shares rose against 1297 falling shares on the exchange.
The BSE turnover figured to Rs 4,344.58 crore, lower than the figure of Rs 7376.16 crore registered on Friday, 21 April 2017.
The Indian rupee strengthened per US dollar while bonds fell, with the benchmark ten-year bond yield rising 2 basis points to 6.94 percent.
Indian Bank closed at Rs 284 per share, up by Rs 23 or 9%, while Reliance Power closed at Rs 49 per share up  5%. Shares of ITDC, jumped nearly 13% hitting an intraday high and low of of Rs 747 Rs 650 per share, respectively. The stock closed at Rs. 719.50 share apiece higher by 14 percent