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Market At Close: Nifty, Sensex Close At Over One-Year High
Benchmarks gain for the 4th straight day; Nifty close above 25,800 mark.
Reliance Industries and Cipla are the top gainers in Nifty
Reliance Industries and Cipla gain over 3% for the day
Nifty Midcap 150 ends in green; MRPL and IDFC First Bank are the top gainer in Nifty Midcap 150
Nifty Smallcap 250 ends in green; Ceat and RBL Bank are the top gainers in Nifty Smallcap 250
RBL bank gain over 8% for the day as Emirates NBD to invest $3 Bln to buy 60% stake.
Sectors end on a positive note barring Nifty Auto and Financial Services
Nifty PSU Bank is the sectoral gainer, Gains led by Bank Of India & Central Bank Of India
Nifty PSU Bank snaps 2-day losing streak
Nifty Oil and Gas, Realty, Pharma and Bank gain for the 4th straight day
Nifty Auto snaps 3-day gaining streak
Nifty Metal falls for the 2-day in a row
Rupee Closes Stronger Against US Dollar
Rupee closed 4 paise higher at 87.93 against US dollar
It closed at 87.97 a dollar on Friday
Source: Bloomberg
Stock Market LIVE: Samvat 2081 To 2082: Sectoral Winners To Losers
Samvat 2082 has arrived and India's stock market is poised to maintain its momentum. From last Diwali, the market has shown a mixed to positive trend for the period. The benchmark Nifty 50 index delivered a moderate return of 6%. The Nifty Bank was the standout performer among the major indices, posting a strong gain of 12%.
The Nifty Midcap100 also ended in positive territory with a 5% gain. However, the smaller-cap segment underperformed significantly, with the Nifty Smallcap 250 declining by 4%. Notably, both the Nifty and Sensex are closing in on their life highs touched in September 2024.
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Stock Market LIVE: Ceat Share Price At Life High
Ceat Ltd. shares hit life high on Monday after second quarter financial results came higher than expected.
Consolidated revenue grew by 14% year-on-year to Rs 3,772 crore, beating the Bloomberg consensus estimate of Rs 3,673 crore. Net Profit jumped by 52% to Rs 185 crore against the estimated Rs 140 crore.
Operational profitability improved with Ebitda rising by 39% to Rs 506 crore, exceeding the Rs 428 crore estimate. Ebitda margin expanded by 240 basis points, reaching 13.4%, compared to a forecast of 11.7%.
Stock Market LIVE: JSW Paints' Open Offer For Akzo Nobel's Share To Start From Oct 23
JSW Paints' open offer for Akzo Nobel's share to start from Oct 23–Nov 6, the company said in the exchange filing.
Stock Market LIVE: Akums Drugs Incorporates New Subsidiary
Akums Drugs and Pharmaceuticals incorporated wholly owned subsidiary Akums Healthcare Malta in Europe, the company said in the exchange filing.
Stock Market Today|Stock Market LIVE: Federal Bank Rises To Record High
Federal Bank share price rose 8.06% to a record high of Rs 229.49 apiece. The stock scaled a fresh high despite delivering a disappointing results for the second quarter as most bank stocks advanced.
Federal Bank Q2 Results (Standalone, YoY)
Net profit down 9.6% to Rs 955.26 crore versus Rs 1,056.69 crore
Net interest income down 19.9% to Rs 1,896 crore versus Rs 2,367 crore
Provisions up 129.7% to Rs 363 crore versus Rs 158 crore
Gross NPA at 1.83% versus 1.91% (QoQ)
Net NPA flat at 0.48% (QoQ)
Stock Market LIVE: Bharat Rasyan To Consider Stock Spliy & Bonus
Bharat Rasayan will consider stock split and bonus issue on Oct 24, the company said in the exchange filing.
Stock Market LIVE: Reliance Industries Rises To Near Three-Month High
Reliance Industries Ltd. share price rose 3.52% to Rs 1,466.70 apiece, the highest level since July 21. It
Reliance Industries Q2 FY26 (Cons, QoQ)
Revenue up 4.51% at Rs 2.55 lakh crore versus Rs 2.43 lk crore.
Ebitda up 6.94% at Rs 45885 crore versus Rs 42905 crore.
Ebitda margin up 41 bps at 18.02% versus 17.61%.
Net profit down 32.7% at Rs 18165 crore versus Rs 26994 crore.
Stock Market LIVE: ValueQuest Investment's Ravi Dharamshi Positive About Markets
ValueQuest Investment Advisors Founder and Chief Investment Officer Ravi Dharamshi believes that the outlook for markets from here on is bright. He said that after a long time, Indian markets' short-term, medium-term, and long-term — outlooks for all three timelines appear positive.
IPO News: Avaada Electro Files Confidential DRHP For Rs 10,000-Crore IPO
Brookfield-backed Avaada Electro files confidential DRHP
The initial public offer said that it is to be worth up to Rs 10,000 crore
IPO said to be mix of fresh issue and OFS
Fresh issue proceeds likely to be used for capacity expansion in high-efficiency solar cell and module manufacturing
Source: people in the know
Gold, Silver Prices On Diwali: Check Rates On MCX, Comex And Spot Market
Gold prices remained higher in the domestic and international markets on Monday. On the Multi Commodity Exchange, gold futures for December delivery rose 0.8% to Rs 1,28,556 per 10 grams. Silver contracts were flat at Rs 1,55,518 per one kilogram.
In the spot market, gold was quoted at Rs 1,31,425 on Diwali day.
Stock Market LIVE: GRM Overseas In Pact With Seven Star
GRM Overseas is in pact with Seven Star, Riyadh for distribution of its basmati rice brand '10X' across Saudi Arabian Market, the company said in the exchange filing.
Stock Market LIVE: Time Technoplast Gets Test Report Approval From ICAT
Time Technoplast received test report approval from ICAT for two variants of E-Rickshaw batteries. The batteries successfully met all testing requirements.
Stock Market LIVE: Gujarat's Pollution Control Board Imposes Interim Environment Damage Compensation On Alivus Life Sciences
Gujarat Pollution Control Board imposed interim environment damage compensation of Rs 50 lakh on Alivus Life Sciences. GPCB orders to immediately deposit interim environment damage compensation of Rs 29 lakh. GPCB also orders to submit bank guarantee of Rs 10 lakh.
A flash fire incident occurred in Ankleshwar plant on Sept 30, 2025.
Stock Market LIVE: AU Small Finance Bank Hits Record High
AU Small Finance Bank rose 8.17% to a record high of Rs 857.20 apiece. The bank reported that its standalone Net Interest Income rose 8.6% to Rs 2,144 crore versus Rs 1,974 crore.
Nifty Sensex Today| Stock Market LIVE: ICICI Bank Share Price Falls
ICICI Bank share price declined 2.70% to Rs 1,397.80 apiece, the lowest level since Oct 15. The private lender has posted the weakest year-on-year growth in net profit for September.
Stock Market Today| Stock Market LIVE: Nifty Bank Hits Life High At Open
The NSE Nifty Bank rose 0.90% to a record high of 58,233.65. HDFC Bank Ltd., AU Small Finance Bank Ltd., and Federal Bank Ltd. were top contributor to the Nifty Bank index.
Sectoral Performance At Open: Nifty PSU Bank Leads Gains
On National Stock Exchange, 12 sectoral indices advanced, one declined, and one remained flat out of 15 sectoral indices. The NSE Nifty PSU Bank was the top performing sectoral index, while the NSE Nifty Metal was the worst performing sector.
The NSE Nifty Bank hit a record high at open.
Nifty Contributors: RIL, HDFC Bank, Airtel Shares Support
Reliance Industries Ltd., HDFC Bank Ltd., Bharti Airtel Ltd., Axis Bank Ltd., and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. added to the NSE Nifty 50 index.
ICICI Bank Ltd., UltraTech Cement Ltd., JSW Steel Ltd., Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., and Tata Steel Ltd. limited gains to the Nifty 50 index.
Stock Market Today: Nifty, Sensex Open At One-Year High
The NSE Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex opened at one-year high as Reliance Industries Ltd. and HDFC Bank shares supported. The indices were trading 0.61% and 0.38% higher, respectively as of 9:31 a.m.
Stock Market LIVE: RBL Bank Share Price Hits Over Five-Year High As Emirates NBD To Invest $3 Billion
RBL Bank Ltd. share price rose to the highest level since February 2020 in Monday's session, despite disappointing results for the September quarter, as $3 billion-deal with Emirates NBD boosted sentiment for the stock.
RBL Bank share price rose 5.14% to Rs 314.90 apiece, the highest level since Feb 27, 2020. I
Stock Market LIVE: HDFC Bank Stock Price Rises On Strong Q2, Jefferies Target Price Hike
The share of HDFC Bank opened higher and is trading with gains of more than 2% following the September quarter earnings, which appears to have sated the mood of investors and brokerages alike.
The stock is currently trading at Rs 1015, which compares to Friday's closing price of Rs 994. The stock has fallen 43% over a year-to-date period and over 40% in the last 12 months.
LIVE: Yield On 10-Year Bond Opens Lower
The yield on the 10-year bond opened 2 basis points lower at 6.48%
It closed at 6.50% on Friday
Source: Bloomberg
LIVE: Rupee Opens Stronger Against US Dollar
Rupee opened 3 paise stronger at 87.94 against US dollar
It closed at 87.97 a dollar on Friday
Source: Bloomberg
Pre-Market View: Nifty 50 To Extend Gains
"Technically, Nifty index formed a big bullish candlestick on a weekly chart following a Triangle formation breakout on Oct 16, 2025 setting up targets around 26300 spot levels. Going ahead, we continue to maintain our bullish view on Nifty index and suggest traders to maintain buy on dips trading approach till it is holding above 25200 spot levels on closing basis."Vipin Kumar, Assistant Vice President Technical and Derivatives, Research at Globe Capital Market
"Bullish euphoria and an early Diwali party seem likely at Dalal Street, with sentiment buoyed by hopes of Fed rate cuts, strong global cues, and the IMF’s upward revision of India’s FY26 GDP growth to 6.6%. Technically, Nifty looks poised to extend gains towards 25,670, supported by dovish signals from Fed Chair Powell, easing trade war fears, and soft crude prices near $58.60."Prashanth Tapse, Senior VP (Research), Mehta Equities Ltd
Brokerages On ICICI Bank
Jefferies
Maintain Buy with target price of Rs 1,760
Softer growth with better NIMs
Asset quality continues to be strong
CEO term is till Oct-26 & clarity on future will be key
Morgan Stanley
Maintain Overweight with target price of Rs 1,800
Well managed NIM; see faster growth ahead
Bank has navigated system asset quality and profitability challenges well
Delivered NIM of 4.3% in Q2 despite 100 bps of repo rate cuts
Incremental loan spread is near trough
Expect faster growth ahead; QoQ growth saw some green shoots
Brokerages On HDFC Bank
Jefferies
Maintain Buy; Hike target price to Rs 1,240 from Rs 1,200
Sep Q: Better Topline Aids Earnings Upgrade
Better loan growth and outlook of improving margins
Asset quality improves aided by corporate recovery
Uptick in deposit growth will be key to better loan growth
Lift earnings by 2-6% for FY26 and HDFC Bank stays among top picks
Morgan Stanley
Maintain Overweight with target price of Rs 1,225
Second quarter: loan growth to continue to improve
Deposit growth moderated but market share gains remain strong
Asset quality is robust
Operating leverage is playing out and NIMs have largely troughed
Q2 earnings were steady; expect stronger core PPoP growth over FY26-28 on loan market share gains
Asia Markets LIVE: Japan's Nikkei 225 And Hong Kong's Hang Seng Jump Over 2%
Markets in Japan, China, Hong Kong, and South Korea advanced as tension between the US and China eased ahead of the tarde talks, scheduled for later in this week.
The Nikkei 225 and Hang Seng were trading 2.87% and 2.20% higher, respectively as of 7:33 a.m. The KOSPI was 0.93% higher as of 7:34 a.m.
LIVE: GIFT Nifty Hints At Positive Open; HDFC Bank, RIL, RBL Bank Shares In Focus
The GIFT Nifty was trading 0.24% or 61 points higher at 25,978.50 as of 7:09 a.m., which implied a positive open for the NSE Nifty 50 index.
HDFC Bank Ltd., ICICI Bank Ltd., AU Small Finance Bank Ltd., RBL Bank Ltd., Reliance Industries Ltd. released their second-quarter results over the weekend. These stocks will be in focus during Monday's session.
The NSE Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex ended higher on Friday. The Nifty 50 ended 0.49% or 124.55 points higher at 25,709.85, and the Sensex ended 484.53 points or 0.58% higher at 83,952.19.
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