The five bankers selected are ICICI Securities, Axis Capital, Citigroup Global Markets, HDFC Bank and IIFL Securities. (Source: Kelly Sikkema/Unsplash)
The broader indices outperformed their larger peers with S&P BSE MidCap gaining 0.3% and S&P BSE SmallCap adding 0.5%. Thirteen of the 19 sectoral indices compiled by BSE Lt. advanced with Power gauge rising 0.7%.
The market breadth is skewed in the favour of bulls. About 1,675 stocks rose, 795 fell and 102 remained unchanged.
RIL/ONGC/Other Oil Stocks: The government hiked windfall profit tax on diesel to Rs 7 per litre from Rs 5. It also brought Rs 2 per litre tax on ATF exports after scrapping it in the last review. Tax on domestically produced crude oil cut to Rs 13,000 per ton from Rs 17,750.
IEX/NTPC/PFC/REC/Other Power stocks: Power System Operation Corporation has asked three power exchanges — IEX, PXIL and HPX — to restrict electricity trading by 27 discoms in 13 states having outstanding dues towards gencos, PTI reported.
Wipro: The company has been awarded a multi-year contract to deliver Service Integration and Management services to HM Treasury.
Adani Total Gas: The company reduced prices of PNG and CNG upto Rs 3.2 per SMC and Rs 4.7 per Kg respectively.
Metropolis Healthcare: The company’s Chief Executive Officer Vijender Singh has resigned and Nov. 30 will be his last working day.
US.. stocks rose after swinging between modest gains and losses as mixed economic and earnings reports failed to spark a broad conviction trade.
Moves across Japan, China and Hong Kong were fairly muted. S&P 500, Nasdaq 100 and European futures slipped after Wall Street shares posted a small gain on Thursday.
At 9:00 a.m., the Singapore-traded SGX Nifty--an early barometer of India's benchmark Nifty 50--traded 0.1% lower at 17,986 points.
Oil, gold and Bitcoin dropped. The dollar and bonds rose.