Share Market HIGHLIGHTS: Nifty sinks to 18,857, Sensex plunges 901 pts, end lower for 6th day in a row amid broad-based selling
Share Market HIGHLIGHTS: Bears continued to be in the driver's seat for the sixth straight session on Thursday (October 26) as geopolitical tensions, a rise in US bond yields, and a slide in IT counters made investors jittery. Additionally, the market was also volatile as it was the last day of the futures & options (F&O) contracts for the October series.
The S&P BSE Sensex nosedived 901 points, or 1.41 per cent to settle at 63,148.15, while the NSE Nifty slipped below the 18,900 level to close at 18,857.25 points, down 64.9 points, or 1.39 per cent.
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Share Market HIGHLIGHTS: Bears continued to be in the driver's seat for the sixth straight session on Thursday (October 26) as geopolitical tensions, a rise in US bond yields, and a slide in IT counters made investors jittery. Additionally, the market was also volatile as it was the last day of the futures & options (F&O) contracts for the October series.
The S&P BSE Sensex nosedived 901 points, or 1.41 per cent to settle at 63,148.15, while the NSE Nifty slipped below the 18,900 level to close at 18,857.25 points, down 64.9 points, or 1.39 per cent.
Catch minute-by-minute updates of all the action in the Indian share market today, market commentary and analysis, the views of Zee Business Managing Editor Anil Singhvi and other experts, stocks to buy and trade recommendations only on Zeebiz.com's blog:
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Share Market HIGHLIGHTS | Sensex settles 901 pts lower, Nifty slides to 18,857 amid broad-based selling
Nifty 50
Nifty slides to 18,857, down 1.39 per cent.
Source: NSE
Sensex
Sensex settles 901 points lower at 63,148.
Source: BSE
Share Market HIGHLIGHTS | M&M, Bajaj Finance, Asian Paints emerge as top losers in 50-scrip blue-chip basket
M&M, Bajaj Finance, Asian Paints and UPL are among the top losers, down nearly 4-3 per cent in the Nifty basket amid broad-based weakness. On the other hand, Axis Bank, Adani Ports and HCL Tech are among the top gainers.
Source: NSE
Share Market Tips LIVE | Buy CIE Automotive, VPRPL, MRPL shares, says Vikas Sethi
Vikas Sethi of Sethi Finmart recommends buying CIE Automotive shares for a target of Rs 475 with a stop loss at Rs 445. Besides, he recommends buying VPRPL shares for a target of Rs 205 with a stop loss at Rs 180. He also recommends buying MRPL shares for a target of Rs 105 with a stop loss at Rs 90.
Share Market Today LIVE | Nifty trades below 18,900 amid broad-based weakness
Source: NSE
Share Market Today LIVE | Asian Paints' PAT jumps 53%, revenue remains flat
Asian Paints reported its September quarter results on Thursday (October 26), reporting a 53.31 per cent jump in its profit after tax to Rs 1,232.39 crore in the quarter under review from Rs 803.83 crore in the same quarter last fiscal. The company's revenue from operations in the September quarter jumped 0.24 per cent to Rs 8,478.57 crore from Rs 8457.57 crore in the corresponding period last year. Read more
Asian Paints on Thursday, October 26 announced an interim dividend of Rs 5.15 per equity share of the face value of Re 1 each for the financial year ending 31 st March 2024, i.e., a 515 per cent payout along with its July-September quarter earning report. Read more
Share Market Today LIVE | Chennai Petro shares fall despite firm reporting strong second-quarter numbers
Shares of Chennai Petro trade 1.83 per cent down at Rs 524.55, despite the company announcing strong second-quarter results on Wednesday. The stock's fall on Thursday continued the lacklustre show of the company's shares which have slid 12.43 per cent in the last five trading sessions. It has underperformed the benchmark Nifty 50, which has been down 3.37 per cent in the same period. Read more
Traders' Diary | Buy, sell or hold strategy on Bharat Forge, IDFC First Bank, GAIL, TVS Motor, Birlasoft, other a dozen other stocks today
In this edition of Traders' Diary, the Zee Business research team shares exclusive research on more than a dozen stocks that investors and traders can track on Thursday, October 26. Here's a list of 20 stocks that are on analysts Varun Dubey and Kushal Gupta's radar.
Here's the complete list of investment and trading ideas for the day:
Varun Dubey
- Buy Bannari Aman Sugar shares in the cash segment for a price target of Rs 2,670 with a stop loss at Rs 2,530
- Sell Bharat Forge futures for a target of Rs 1,000 with a stop loss at Rs 1,045
- Buy the Rs 1,420 call option of IndusInd Bank for a target of Rs 53 with a stop loss at Rs 37
- Technical pick: Sell Can Fin Homes November futures for a target of Rs 702 with a stop loss at Rs 730
- Fundamental pick: Buy Axis Bank shares for a target of Rs 975 with a stop loss at Rs 936
- Cricket World Cup stock idea: Buy IDFC First Bank shares for a three-week target of Rs 96. Read more
Vodafone Idea Q2 Results Preview | Revenue likely to remain flat due to decreasing subscribers; losses may improve
Vodafone Idea's second-quarter subscriber numbers are declining, and the effect is likely to be seen in its quarterly results as the telecom operator is set to report its Q2 numbers on Thursday (October 26, 2023), predicts Zee Business research. The analysts say that the company's income is likely to remain flat in the second quarter due to its reduced number of subscribers. Read more
Share Market Today LIVE | Rallis India posts mixed Q2 results; stock up by 3%
Shares of Rallis India, a Tata Group company, gain a day after it reported a mixed set of numbers for the June-September quarter (Q2FY24). The stock trades 2.69 per cenr higher at Rs 212.05 on BSE. Pesticides and agrochemicals company Rallis India on Wednesday posted a standalone profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 82 crore as against Rs 72 crore in a year ago period. Read more
Nifty Today LIVE | Nifty slips below key 19,000 level; 5 factors propelling a free fall
Indian equity benchmarks continues to nosedive for the sixth straight session on Thursday ahead of the monthly expiry today. Nifty gives up 19,000 to trade 1.37 per cent lower at 18,860 for the first time since Jun2 28 amid broad-based selling.
Here are the reasons for the continued free fall in the benchmarks:
Middle East crisis: The ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict can pull the global economy into recession and depress the stock market by 20 per cent, economists at Ernst & Young warned.
"There is risk-off in global equity markets triggered by a combination of economics and geopolitics. The Israel-Hamas conflict continues to be a major headwind for markets. If the conflict lingers for long, it has the potential to impact global growth, too, when the global economy is already in the midst of a slowdown," V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services said.
Global markets: Asian markets traded in the red following a weak overnight session in the US, with South Korea’s Kospi and Japan’s Nikkei indices trading with over 2 per cent losses.
Fresh FII offloading: In the previous trading session, FIIs net sold Indian equities worth Rs 4236.6 crore as per the provisional data. Persistent selling by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) is weighing on Indian equities. Read more
Share Market Today LIVE | Blue Jet Healthcare IPO get subscribed 89% on Day 2 so far
Blue Jet Healthcare IPO's share sale has received bids for 1,51,94,179 crore shares against 1,69,99,612 shares on offer. Overall, the public issue has been subscribed 89 per cent so far on Day 2 of the bidding process.
| Category | Subscription (No. of times the equity reserved) |
| Qualified institutional buyers | 0.01 |
| Non-institutional investors | 1.82 |
| Retail investors | 1 |
| Overall | 0.89 |
| Source: Exchange data |
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Blue Jet Healthcare IPO review: Should you apply? Here’s what Anil Singhvi recommends
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Share Market Today LIVE | Nifty slips below 18,900, Sensex falls over 750 pts amid broad-based selling
Share Market Today LIVE | Nifty slips below 18,950, Sensex fall nearly 600 pts amid broad-based weakness
Nifty 50
Source: NSE
Sensex
Source: BSE