Closing Bell: Sensex, Nifty End With Marginal Gain; Polycab India Tanks 20.56%

Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty witnessed marginal surge in trade on Thursday. BSE Sensex ended the day with the gain of 63 points to 71,721 and Nifty 50 rallied 28 points to 21,647 on January 11, 2024. Shares of Polycab India witnessed sharp decline of 20.56% in trade today to close at 3903.00 apiece after the income tax department said it discovered "unaccounted cash sales" of about Rs 1,000 crore when it searched the company's offices the previous day.

Meanwhile, shares of Easy Trip Planners zoomed 18% in trade today amid Maldives row.

On the Nifty pack, the top gainers were Hero Motocorp, Axis Bank, Eicher Motors, Bajaj Finserv and HDFC Life Insurance Company while the worst performers were Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Infosys, HCL Tech, Sun Pharma and Nestle India.

Regarding the global market, Asian markets saw a significant uptick on Thursday ahead of the release of US inflation data on Thursday, which has alarmed investors around the world. The IT industry is anticipated to continue to be conspicuous on Thursday due to the Q3 results that IT giants TCS and Infosys are set to release.

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As investors eyed U.S. inflation data for new signals on when the Federal Reserve is expected to start slashing interest rates, gold prices marginally gained on Thursday. The spot price of gold was $2,029 while US gold futures increased to $2,03.60, up 0.3%. Concerning commodities, escalating Middle Eastern tensions versus an unexpected increase in U.S. crude stockpiles caused oil benchmarks to drop by around 80 cents the previous session, and this led to a sharp increase in crude oil prices on Thursday, according to a Reuters report. By 0202 GMT, U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures had risen by 20 cents, or 0.28%, to $71.57 per barrel. The price per barrel of benchmark Brent crude oil climbed by 21 cents, or 0.27%, to $77.01.

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