INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Indian equity standards edged higher on Wednesday led by purchasing interest in metal, oil - & gas, monetary services and banking shares
The Sensex increased as much as 230 indicate strike record high of 56,188.49 and Nifty 50 index touched an intraday high of 16,695
Meanwhile, Asian shares kept their current gains on Wednesday after last week's fall, as global equities rebounded thanks to a combination
of positive COVID-19 vaccine news and alleviating worries over tapering of Federal Reserve stimulus.As of 9:31 am, the Sensex was up 198
points at 56,156 and Nifty 50 index advanced 64 points to 16,689
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was last off a little, however still up 3.7 percent up until now today
The index fell to its lowest in 2021 at the end of the previous week.Japan's Nikkei were flat
A Reuters survey of experts and fund supervisors showed Japanese shares are expected to recuperate from their eight-month low marked on
Friday to near a 30-year high by the end of this year.Back home, twelve of 15 sector gauges compiled by the National Stock market were
trading greater led by the Nifty Metal index's over 1 per cent gain
Nifty Realty, Oil - & Gas, PSU Bank, Financial Solutions and Bank indices likewise increased in between 0.5-0.9 per cent.On the other hand,
Nifty Pharma, Health Care and Consumer Resilient indices were trading with an unfavorable bias.Mid- and small-cap shares were witnessing
purchasing interest as Nifty Midcap 100 index rose 0.68 per cent and Nifty Smallcap 100 index advanced 0.89 per cent.Tata Motors was top
Nifty gainer, the stock increased 2.64 per cent to Rs 287
Hindalco, HDFC Life, Adani Ports, Bharat Petroleum, Coal India, JSW Steel, ONGC, Tata Steel and Indian oil likewise increased between 1-2.6
per cent.On the flipside, Titan, Asian Paints, HCL Technologies, Tech Mahindra, Bharti Airtel, Dr Reddy's Labs, Wipro, Bajaj Finserv,
Divi's Labs, Cipla, Sun Pharma and Maruti Suzuki were among the losers.The general market breadth was favorable as 1,934 shares were
advancing while 656 were decreasing on the BSE.
