Forex

Stock Market Today: Intraday, the Nifty 50 reclaimed 24,300, rising 1.4%, and the BSE Sensex added over 1,000 points or 1.4% to just below 78,000.

Stock Market Live Updates: The Nifty 50 settled 97 points or 0.4% lower at 23,995.70. The BSE Sensex shed 416.72 points or 0.5% to close at76,886.91.

The Nifty ended 0.8% higher to close above the 24,000 mark.The Sensex also gained 0.8%, rising over 600 points to settle at 77,303.

India has taken a series of measures to stabilize the rupee after it weakened on rising oil prices driven by the Iran war.

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 soared as much as 1.1% to hit a fresh peak of 60,388, while the broader Topix gained 0.6%. South Korea's Kospi jumped nearly 2% to also notch a record level.

Stock Market Today: The Nifty 50 index eventually closed at 23,898, down 1.14%. Notably, this marks the first instance in April where Nifty has declined by more than 1% in a single session.

The MSCI Asia Pacific index was flat.Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 gained as much as 0.9%.

The BSE Sensex fell 852 points to end at 77,664, while the NSE Nifty 50 closed 0.84% lower at 24,173.

The NSE Nifty 50 rose nearly 0.9% to end above 24,550 and the BSE Sensex rose nearly 1% or over 750 points to settle near 79,300.

Stock Market News Live: On the sectoral front, the Nifty PSU Bank and Nifty Energy indices are the top gainers on the NSE. The smallcap and midcap gauges are underperforming the blue-chip benchmarks.

All but one of the 15 sectoral gauges compiled by the NSE traded higher, led by the FMCG counter.

Nifty Bank fell more than 0.5%, led lower by HDFC Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank. Nifty Energy ended higher for an eighth consecutive day.

The NSE Nifty 50 closed 1.6% higher to end above 24,200, while the BSE Sensex rallied over 1,200 points or 1.64% to settle above 78,100.

ICICI Bank and Airtel are among the top gainers on the Nifty. Twelve out of 15 sectoral gauges compiled by the NSE traded lower, led by the NSE Nifty Auto Index's 1.7% fall.

Wipro was the only stock trading higher in the Nifty IT Index, up 1.27%. Infosys led the declines, down 2.55%, followed by TCS at 1.97% and Mphasis at 1.90%.

The NSE Nifty 50 ended 0.9% lower to settle near 23,780 and the BSE Sensex slumped 1.2% or over 900 points to close marginally above 76,630.

The Nifty 50 settled 873.7 points or 3.78% higher at 23,997.35. The BSE Sensex added over 2,900 points (3.95%) to close at 77,562.9.

Fourteen out of 15 sectoral gauges compiled by the NSE rally, led by the NSE Nifty IT Index's 2.5% gains. On the flipside, the NSE Nifty PSU Bank Index was the top sectoral loser, down 0.7%.

Fourteen out of fifteen sectoral gauges compiled by the NSE trade lower, led by the NSE Nifty PSU Bank Index's 2.4% losses. On the flipside, the NSE Nifty IT Index was the only sectoral gainer, up 1.5%

Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading 0.32 per cent higher at 99.77.