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Nifty Auto settles 2.19% higher. Top gainers: COMPANY LATEST PREV CLOSE GAIN() GAIN(%) VOLUME TVS MOTOR CO. 660.45 619.30 41.15 6.64 1719021 MOTHERSON SUMI 323.40 310.95 12.45 4.00 2583146 TATA MOTORS 339.15 326.85 12.30 3.76 9868202 TATA MOTORS-DVR 189.45 183.30 6.15 3.36 1229344 BHARAT FORGE 721.00 699.65 21.35 3.05 1574410 Nifty Pharma ends 3.14% higher. Top gainers: COMPANY LATEST PREV CLOSE GAIN() GAIN(%) VOLUME AUROBINDO PHARMA 594.70 557.85 36.85 6.61 3094427 CIPLA 578.00 545.45 32.55 5.97 2823862 LUPIN 779.00 735.85 43.15 5.86 2123664 GLENMARK PHARMA. 553.00 526.30 26.70 5.07 501278 SUN PHARMA.INDS. 507.50 495.10 12.40 2.50 2922699 Nifty sectoral performers of the day BSE Sensex: Top gainers and losers of the day Market at close The S&P BSE Sensex ended at 33,255, up 287 points while the broader Nifty50 index settled at 10,212, up 98 points. Auto shares on top gear post March sales Shares of automobiles including auto ancillaries companies were in focus with Nifty Auto index gaining nearly two percentage points after auto majors reported good set of sales numbers for the month ended March 2018. READ MORE
Benchmark indices rose on Monday, the first trading day of the new financial year, tracking gains in global equity markets, while auto stocks such as Tata Motors led gains after posting strong sales numbers for March.
Asian stocks began the new quarter with mild gains after Wall Street surged on Thursday, ending a tumultuous first quarter on a high note. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.13 per cent.
The Nifty auto index gained as much as 2.27 per cent. Tata Motors rose 4.2 per cent, after posting a 35 per cent jump in March domestic vehicle sales. India’s largest automaker Maruti Suzuki India climbed 1.7 per cent after reporting a 14.9 per cent rise in March vehicle sales.
Meanwhile, ICICI Bank plunged 6 per cent to a five-month low after media reported its lending practices were the subject of a police investigation and after the central bank fined the lender for not sticking to certain rules around the sale of government securities.
The domestic investors will now look forward to the Reserve Bank of India's first bi-monthly policy decision of FY19 to be held later this week.(with inputs from Reuters)
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