Today, the stock market had a positive day. Micro-cap and small-cap stocks saw the most significant gains, while PSU bank stocks performed well. In addition to this, other Asian markets also closed on a positive note.
Top gainers for the day
- NIFTY 50
- Axis Bank at Rs 1,002.75, up 3.16%
- HCL Tech at Rs 1,268.70, up 3.00%
- Coal India at Rs 313.95, up 2.85%
- Adani Enterprises at Rs 2,261.70, up 2.66%
- SBI at Rs 561.15, up 2.59%
Top Losers for the day: In Stock Market
- NIFTY 50
- Dr Reddy’s at Rs 5,397.30, down 0.45%
- UPL at Rs 558.65, down 0.43%
- SBI Life at Rs 1,302.90, down 0.21%
- Asian Paints at Rs 2,955.15, down 0.17%
- ITC at Rs 433.75, down 0.14%
In other financial news, Income Tax Returns (ITR) filings have increased by 90% over the past 9 years, reaching 6.37 crore individuals in FY22. Additionally, PM Modi inaugurated the 7th edition of India Mobile Congress (IMC) from October 27 to October 29, 2023.
Some stocks in the news include Karnataka Bank, which approved raising Rs 800 crore from 5 institutional investors by allotting preferential shares, Macrotech Developers planning to build luxury housing projects with a potential revenue of Rs 12,000 crore, Suzlon winning an order for a 50.4 MW wind power project, Vodafone-Idea (Vi) reporting a net loss of Rs 8,737 crore with revenue at Rs 10,716 crore, and Indian Bank planning to raise Rs 8,000 crore through a Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP).
In the IPO corner, Blue Jet Healthcare IPO has been subscribed 7.95 times, with retail investors subscribing 2.24 times.
One-day changes in prices include:
- Gold at ₹60,862, down 0.06%
- Silver at ₹71,484, down 0.68%
- USD-INR at ₹83.25/USD, down 0.01%
- Dow Jones at 32,784.30, down 0.76%
- Nasdaq at 12,595.61, down 1.76%
For long-term returns over the past 20 years:
- Sensex in India has seen an annual growth of 13.93%
- Nifty in India has seen an annual growth of 13.61%
- Dow Jones in the US has seen an annual growth of 6.32%
- Nasdaq in the US has seen an annual growth of 9.96%.
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