Among the Nifty 50 stocks, Hero Motocorp, Divi's Labs, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, and Apollo Hospitals were the top five losers this morning, National Stock Exchange data showed.
Among the Nifty 50 stocks, Tech Mahindra, Hindalco, Wipro, Coal India, and Infosys were the top five losers, declining in the range of 1-2 per cent each, National Stock Exchange data showed.
The bullish trend in Indian stock indices continued for the third straight week as the benchmark index Sensex breached 60,000 after several weeks on Monday. The majority of the Asian markets rallied and traded in the green as investors cheered the news that the Federal Reserve would go slow
The indices rose on Monday tracking gains from Friday's US markets amid hopes of slower interest rate hikes coupled with healthy corporate earnings back here in India and the seeming return of foreign funds during the past week. The rally in the markets was backed by stock-specific movements
BSE LargeCap rose 11.18 points to 6,909.22 with Maruti, Gail, Bosch, NTPC as active stocks on the index. BSE SmallCap declined 177.55 points to 28,688 while BSE MidCap went down 104.37 points to 25,047.34 level.
Good second quarter earnings and high trading volumes during Diwali, which is considered auspicious by investors community, somewhat gave fuel to the financial markets.
The stocks on Indian bourses rallied in the morning trade and declined after that, picking up cues from volatile Chinese markets which reeled under the anticipation that Chinese President Xi Jinping's new leadership team might prioritise the state at the expense of the private sector.
At 9.42 am, Sensex traded at 59,854.76 points, up 23.10 points or 0.039 per cent, whereas Nifty traded at 17,749.35 points, up 18.60 points or 0.10 per cent.