Stock Market Update: Sensex up by 300 points, Nifty opens around 18,000; key points

Last Update: January 09, 2023, 09:22 IST

FILE PHOTO: A man looks across the street at a screen displaying the Sensex on the façade of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai, India, June 29, 2015. Reuters/Danish Siddiqui

Sensex Today: Imports from overseas benefit, domestic benchmark indices open higher on Monday.

Sensex today: Import gains from overseas, domestic benchmark indices opened with gains on Monday.

The Sensex was up 274.16 points, or 0.46 per cent, at 60174.53. smelly It was up 89.50 points or 0.50 per cent at 17949.

Hindalco Industries, ONGC, JSW Steel, Tech Mahindra and IndusInd Bank were among major gainers on the Nifty, while losers included Titan Company, Asian Paints, ICICI Bank and Eicher Motors.

The broader markets also turned upbeat with the Nifty Midcap 100 and Nifty Smallcap 100 indices rising up to 0.7 per cent each.

All sectors traded in positive territory, with Nifty Metal index leading the pack, rising up to 1 per cent in trade.

global signal

Asia-Pacific shares started higher today as Hong Kong and mainland China resumed quarantine-free travel over the weekend, signaling the end of a zero-Covid policy after nearly three years. South Korea’s Kospi gained 2.06 percent, Kosdaq 1.66 percent, S&P/ASX 200 0.75 percent.

Japan’s markets were closed for Coming of Age Day, a public holiday.

Last Friday, Wall Street’s main indexes rose more than 2 percent in December after payrolls rose more than expected, even as wage growth slowed and services activity contracted, paving the way for a Federal Reserve interest rate hike. Less worried about.

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