Indian Stock Markets Finish on a Firm Note

Share Markets in India continued to flourish in green in late afternoon session on account of buying in frontline blue chip stocks. 

At the closing bell, the BSE Sensex stood higher by 172 points, while the NSE Nifty finished up by 56 points. Meanwhile, the BSE Mid Cap and the BSE Small Cap finished up by 0.6% respectively.

Bank stocks and autombiles stocks were among the top gainers today.

Meanwhile, here is a list of BSE gainers today.

The rupee was trading at Rs 65.09 against the US$ in the afternoon session. Oil prices were trading at US$ 48.15 at the time of writing share market news.

Axis Bank share price surged 3.3% in today’s trade after its board of directors passed a resolution approving the allotment of 3 year senior floating rate notes aggregating to US$10 million under the medium term note (MTN) program through its Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) branch. The capital will be raised through its Dubai International Financial Centre branch. 

For more details, see the Axis Bank company fact sheet and quarterly results. For a sector overview, read our banking sector report.

Indian pharma stocks finished the trading day on a firm note with Aarti Drugs share price and Torrent pharma share price leading among the gainers.   

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