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MARKET: Sensex off highs, up 250 pts; SAIL leaps 10%, Bandhan Bank slips 4%

Stock market LIVE: The BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices were up 0.89 per cent and 0.92 per cent, respectively

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SI Reporter  |  New Delhi 

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LIVE market updates: Supportive global cues, marginal ease in crude oil prices, and the on-going earnings season led to a positive start on Dalal Street on Monday. Besides, low level buying after last week's profit-booking resulted in a bounce-back rally.

In early deals, the BSE Sensex was at 59,821 levels, up 514 points or 0.87 per cent, led by Bharti Airtel (up 3 per cent), Axis Bank, Titan, Tech M, and Tata Steel. The Nifty50, on the other hand, was at 17,815 levels, up 144 points.

In the broader markets, meanwhile, the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices were up 0.89 per cent and 0.92 per cent, respectively.

Sectorally, the Nifty Realty index was up 3 per cent, followed by the Nifty Metal index (up 1.4 per cent). On the downside, the Nifty Auto index was down 0.5 per cent.

Among individual stocks, shares of SAIL surged 10 per cent after Q2FY22 net jumped multi-fold to Rs 5,795 crore as against Rs 660.20 crore in Q2FY21. Revenue also soared 58.5 per cent to Rs 26,828 crore from Rs 16,925 crore.

Vedanta, on the other hand, rose nearly 3 per cent as the company posted 5-fold YoY jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 4,615 crore for the July-September quarter, as against Rs 838 crore on a low-base effect.

On the contrary, shares of Bandhan Bank fell over 4 per cent after the lender reported a loss of Rs 3,008.6 crore in Q2FY22 on huge provisions of over Rs 4,600 crore for the bad loans and restructured advances.

October Auto Sales: Bajaj Auto reported a 14 per cent YoY decline in monthly auto sales, dragged by weakness in domestic sales. READ HERE

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Pre-open session (updated at 9:07 AM)

LIVE market updates:
were trading on a firm footing in the pre-open session on Monday. The BSE Sensex was up 247 points at 59,554 levels at 9:07 AM while the was at 17,779 level, up 107 points.

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LIVE market updates:
The benchmark indices may look to bounce back as indicated by the At 08:00 AM, the November futures quoted at 17,784 as against a close of 17,715 on the NSE on Friday.

Earnings today
IRCTC, HDFC, Tata Motors, Aditya Birla Capital, Bajaj Consumer Care, Chambal Fertilisers, SCI and Sun Pharma Advanced Research are some of the major companies scheduled to announce September quarter numbers today.

Primary Market action
Policybazaar's (PB Fintech Ltd) Rs 5,709.72-crore IPO will open for subscription today in the price band of Rs 940 to Rs 980 per share.

The other two IPOs to open for subscription today are - Sigachi IPO and SJS Enterprises IPO. The former is priced in the range of Rs 161 to Rs 163, while the latter is priced in the range of Rs 531 to R s542.

Meanwhile, Nykaa IPO, which closes for subscription today, was subscribed 4.82x at the end of Day 2. Fino Payments Bank IPO was subscribed 51 per cent at the end of Day 1, with retail quota the highest at 2.73x.

Global cues
The US ended modestly higher on Friday. Dow Jones advanced 0.7 per cent. The S&P 500 index was up 0.2 per cent, while the Dow Jones and Nasdaq advanced 0.3 per cent each. T

This morning in Asia, Nikkei had rallied 2 per cent, and Shanghai Composite was up 0.8 per cent. The S&P/ASX200 Kospi, Straits Times and Taiwan Weighted indices were also up 0.6 per cent each. The Hang Seng, however, was down 0.4 per cent.

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First Published: Mon, November 01 2021. 08:03 IST
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