Wednesday, 23 November 2016

Sensex Finishes Higher, Metal & Realty Stocks Surge

Indian share market finished the trading day on a positive note amid mixed international markets.

At the closing bell, the BSE Sensex stood higher by 91 points, while the NSE Nifty finished up by 31 points. Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Mid Cap & the S&P BSE Small Cap finished up by 1.2% and 1.5% respectively.  

Metal stocks and realty sector were among the primary BSE gainers today.

Axis Bank share price finished the trading day on an optimistic note (up 1.9%) after it was reported that the company is eyeing to raise up to Rs 18 billion from debentures to fund business expansion.

In another development, Axis Bank has reduced rates on fixed deposits of tenures between one and three years by 25 to 50 basis points (bps).

(Looking for bank stocks?)

At 7%, the interest rate offered by the bank on one-year deposits, is now on par with that offered by larger rivals - ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank. (Get ICICI Bank share price.)

Moving on to news from pharma stocks.

According to a leading financial daily, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has executed definitive agreements for acquisition of 85.1% of JSC Biosintez, a Russian pharmaceutical company engaged in manufacture and marketing of pharmaceutical products in Russia and CIS region.

Sun Pharma share price finished the day up by 1.6% on the BSE.

At the time of writing the share market news, Indian Rupee was trading at 68.52 against the US Dollar.

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