Stock exchanges: Foreign investors have an overall stake of 44.6% in NSE while BSE has its foreign holding pegged at 18.1%, as per data from Sebi; Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is the single-largest shareholder in both BSE and NSE.
Sensex and Nifty were likely to open higher as Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange rose 49 points higher at 15,758 today. On Friday, Sensex fell 132 points as banking stocks saw profit-booking post Reserve Bank of India s monetary policy announcement
The benchmark indices were trading near the day s high in afternoon trade. At 13:20 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, soared 365.86 points or 0.74% at 50,027.62. The Nifty 50 index rallied 146.25 points or 0.99% at 14,965.30.
Larsen & Toubro (up 1.96%) , HDFC (up 1.42%), TCS (up 1.41%) and Reliance Industries (up 0.62%) boosted the indices.
The broader market rallied. The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index rose 1.11%. The S&P BSE Small-Cap index added 1.17%.
Buyers outnumbered sellers. On the BSE, 1,920 shares rose and 882 shares fell. A total of 162 shares were unchanged.
Investors risk appetite improved after the minutes of last month s meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve suggested that Fed officials were united on the need to see more progress on economic recovery before scaling back their bond-buying program.
Here are the top stocks that are likely to be in focus today:
Muthoot Finance: The company is planning to raise Rs 1,700 crore through public issue of secured redeemable non-convertible debentures. The issue opens on April 8 and will close on April 29.
Reliance Industries: Sebi imposed a total penalty of Rs 25 crore on Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, other individuals and entities for non-compliance with takeover norms in a Reliance Industries case dating back to 2000.
Ashok Leyland: The company said it has decided to form two new subsidiaries as part of its plans to strengthen green transport solutions. The first unit Switch Mobility Automotive Ltd is being formed to carry on the electric vehicle strategy in India and forms part of its global entity. The second subsidiary OHM Global Mobility Pvt Ltd will focus on providing mobility as a service offering.
Barbeque-Nation Hospitality hit an upper circuit of 20% to Rs 708.45 after UTI Mutual Fund purchased 0.67% stake in the company via bulk deal on NSE yesterday.As per the bulk deal data on the NSE, UTI Flexi Cap Mutual Fund purchased 2,50,924 shares, or 0.67% stake in Barbeque-Nation Hospitality at an average price of Rs 579.62 per share.
Simulteneously, Integrated Core Strategies Asia sold 4,01,815 shares, 1.07% stake in the company at an average price of Rs 545.15 per share. Integrated Core Strategies Asia held 1.89% in the fast-food chain as on 5 April 2021.
Barbeque-Nation Hospitality was listed on the bourses on Wednesday (7 April 2021). The stock was listed at Rs 492, a discount of 1.60% to the IPO price of Rs 500. The IPO of Barbeque-Nation Hospitality was subscribed 5.98 times. The issue opened for bidding on 24 March 2021 and closed on 26 March 2021. The price band for the IPO was set at Rs 498-500 per share.