Share Market LIVE: Sensex zooms 600 points, Nifty nears 17,500; Airtel, Bajaj Finance, Nestle top gainers

The Indian equity market extended gains with Sensex rising over 600 points amid positive global cues. Equity benchmark  Sensex zoomed 644 points to 58,588 and Nifty rose 169 points to 17,495

Equity market ended higher for the second straight session on Tuesday, led by gains in consumer durables and pharma shares. Sensex rose 350 points to end at 57,943 and Nifty gained 103 points to 17,325. HDFC, Bharti Airtel, UltraTech Cement, Sun Pharma and HDFC Bank were the top Sensex gainers, rising up to 3.06%. Of 30 Sensex stocks, 20 ended in the green.

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11:27 am: IDBI Bank stock rises 3%

IDBI Bank stock rose over 3% today after the lender approved the divestment of its stake in two entities – National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) and Ageas Federal Life Insurance Company Limited (AFLI) in its recent meeting, as per exchange filings. The stock touched an intraday high of Rs 44.2, rising 3.15% on BSE. It has gained after three days of consecutive fall.

IDBI Bank share is trading higher than 20 day moving averages but lower than 5 day, 50 day, 100 day and 200 day moving averages. The banking stock has gained 13.71% in one year and lost 5.28% since the beginning of this year.

11:09 am: Sensex zooms 644 points to 58,588 and Nifty rises 169 points to 17,495

10:30 am: Future Enterprises stock rises 10%

Future Enterprises share was trading 10% higher today despite the Future Group firm stating that it has defaulted on payment of Rs 19.16 crore to Punjab National Bank, Canara Bank and Union Bank of India under the one-time restructuring plan. This is the second default by FEL this month. The due date for payment of Rs 19.16 crore was March 28, FEL said in a regulatory filing. "The company was not able to discharge the aforesaid obligations to respective banks/lenders, on due date," it said.

10:05 am: Hero MotoCorp share gains 3% post clarification on I-T raids

Shares of Hero MotoCorp rose 3% in early trade today after the two-wheeler major denied media reports which said that the Income Tax Department (I-T Department) was analysing Rs 1,000 crore of bogus expenses at the firm. Hero MotoCorp stock gained 3.1% to Rs 2277 against the previous close of Rs 2208.35 on BSE. The large cap stock has gained after three days of consecutive fall.READ MORE

9:20 am: Market opening

The benchmark indices opened higher amid positive global cues. Equity benchmark Sensex opened 345 points higher at 58,289 and Nifty gained 92 points to 17,418.

Bharti Airtel, Bajaj Finance, UltraTech Cement, Nestle India and Asian Paints were the top gainers on Sensex. Tata Steel, Tech Mahindra, Sun Pharma and NTPC were the sole Sensex losers falling up to 1.53%.

8:30 am: Expert quote

Prashanth Tapse, Vice President (Research), Mehta Equities said, "Nifty mostly will aim to strengthen higher on backdrop of recent fall in oil prices as investors will continue to monitor developments in the Russia-Ukraine war and consider tighter monetary policy from the Federal Reserve in the year ahead. Technically, positive bias as long as Nifty holds above its 200 DMA at 17053 mark. Nifty bears will look to sharpen their claws only below the 17053 mark."

8:25 am: FII and DII action

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) bought shares worth Rs 35.47 crore on March 29, and domestic institutional investors (DIIs) lapped up shares worth Rs 1713.31 crore, as per provisional data available on NSE.

8:20 am: SGX Nifty

The Indian equity market is likely to open in the green today as SGX Nifty was trading 149 points higher at 17,527. The Singapore Stock Exchange is considered to be the first indication of the opening of the Indian market.

8:10 am: Market on Tuesday

Indian equity market ended higher for the second straight session, led by gains in consumer durables and pharma shares. Sensex rose 350 points to end at 57,943 and Nifty gained 103 points to 17,325. HDFC, Bharti Airtel, UltraTech Cement, Sun Pharma and HDFC Bank were the top Sensex gainers, rising up to 3.06%. Of 30 Sensex stocks, 20 ended in the red.

ITC, IndusInd Bank, Maruti and SBI were the top Sensex losers, falling up to 0.99%. Of 30 Sensex stocks, 20 ended in the green.