Indices trade with significant gains; financial services share advance
At 14:28 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, soared 905.29 points or 1.19% to 77,105.89. The Nifty 50 index rose 233.15 points or 0.98% to 24,057.25.
The broader market underperforms frontline indices. The BSE 150 MidCap Index jumped 0.33% and the BSE 250 SmallCap Index added 0.12%.
The market breadth was positive. On the BSE, 2,146 shares rose and 1,947 shares fell. A total of 201 shares were unchanged.
Buzzing Index:
The Nifty Financial Services index added 1.48% to 26,717.95. The index declined 0.96% in the past trading session.
Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Company (up 4.29%), Shriram Finance (up 2.88%), Bajaj Finance (up 2.47%), ICICI Bank (up 2.35%), HDFC Bank (up 1.8%), State Bank of India (up 1.6%), Power Finance Corporation (up 1.59%), LIC Housing Finance (up 1.48%), Kotak Mahindra Bank (up 1.24%) and Axis Bank (up 1.12%) added.
On the other hand, SBI Life Insurance Company (down 1.49%), Max Financial Services (down 1.4%) and HDFC Life Insurance Company (down 1.37%) turned lower.
Numbers to Track:
The yield on India's 10-year benchmark federal paper was down 0.54% to 6.803 as compared with previous close 6.840.
In the foreign exchange market, the rupee edged higher against the dollar. The partially convertible rupee was hovering at 94.6600 compared with its close of 94.7600 during the previous trading session.
MCX Gold futures for 5 August 2026 settlement fell 1.19% to Rs 144,789.
The US Dollar Index (DXY), which tracks the greenback's value against a basket of currencies, was up 0.19% to 101.59.
The United States 10-year bond yield fell 0.67% to 4.458.
In the commodities market, Brent crude for August 2026 settlement fell $1.33 or 1.73% to $75.75 a barrel.
Stocks in Spotlight:
Digilogic Systems rose 0.16%. The company has received a purchase order worth Rs 1.60 crore from a Defence PSU for the supply, installation and commissioning of a static test jig for AFCC-UHM.
Balkrishna Industries rose 0.36%. The company informed that Ravi Narayan Joshi, deputy chief financial officer and a member of the company's senior management personnel, has tendered his resignation.
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