Closing Bell: Sensex Gains 271 Points, Nifty Above 21,620; Cochin Shipyard Jumps 20%

BSE Sensex ended with the gain of 271 points or 0.38% to 71,657 and Nifty 50 rose 78 points or 0.37% to 21,623 on Wednesday ahead of US Inflation data and IT majors TCS and Infosys Q3 results. Nifty Bank rose 118 points to 47,360 and Nifty Midcap 100 surged 137 points to 47,107 on January 10. Meanwhile, shares of Tata Motors traded fresh 52-week high today with intraday gain of 1.05% to 807.30 per share on BSE.

Shares of Cochin Shipyard surged 20% today as shares traded ex-split today. Last trading price of Cochin Shipyard stock on BSE is Rs 802.40 per share.

Nifty Bank soared 130 points to 47,373 and Nifty Midcap 100 surged 40 points to 47,010 on January 10. Meanwhile, shares of Tata Motors traded fresh 52-week high today with intraday gain of 1.05% to 807.30 per share on BSE.

Earlier, Nifty opened flat at the 21,529.30 level while Sensex was down 0.14% in the pre-opening session.

On the Nifty pack, the top 5 gainers were Cipla, HCL Tech, SBI Life, HDFC Life and Wipro whereas the top losers were ONGC, BPCL, NTPC, Axis Bank and Coal India. On the sectoral front, IT sector opened as the top performer followed by pharma and consumer durables while the worst performers were oil & gas, realty and private bank sectors.

With a loss of 25.50 points, or 0.12 per cent, the GIFT Nifty trends suggest a poor start for the Indian benchmark indices. In Wednesday's early session, the Nifty futures were trading at about 21,571 marks. Wednesday's global market saw Asian markets primarily decline, with the Nikkei rising 1.75 per cent and the Shanghai Composite and Kospi trading lower. Spot gold climbed 0.3% to $2,031.31 per ounce, while U.S. gold futures climbed 0.16% to $2,036.30 per ounce on Wednesday. The dollar and gold prices remained stable as investors await U.S. inflation data that is expected later this week. The market is expected to maintain stability across a broader spectrum and take cues from inflation data, the approaching earnings season, and sentiment monitoring globally.

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