The 30-share S&P BSE Sensex and the Nifty50 closed with marginal gains on Thursday. Both Indian stock indexes stayed under pressure for a large part during the trading session after falling nearly 104 points in early trade on Thursday on weak global cues, poor second-quarter earnings and meltdown in Tata Group’s stocks over leadership change in the salt-to-software conglomerate. The NSE Nifty broke below the 8,600-mark on Thursday, with participants liquidating bets in view of October derivatives expiry.

3.30pm: The BSE Sensex gains 79.39 points to close at 27,915.90; Nifty ends flat at 8,615.25.

3.15pm: The BSE Sensex is currently trading higher by 79.09 points, or 0.28%, to 27,915.60, while the Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) rises by 0.10 points, or 0.00%, to 8,615.35.

3.00pm: Indian Oil Corp. falls 1.4% to Rs317.70 ahead of its September quarter earnings. According to 13 Bloomberg analysts estimates, the company may post net profit of Rs3,182.40 crore, while net sales will be at Rs88,080.5 crore.

2.45pm: JSW Steel falls 2.5% to Rs1,628.35 ahead of its September quarter earnings. According to five Bloomberg analysts estimates, the company may post net profit of Rs774.80 crore, while net sales will be at Rs11,795 crore.

2.30pm: The BSE Sensex is currently trading lower by 41.99 points, or 0.15%, to 27,794.52, while the Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) falls by 34.60 points, or 0.40%, to 8,580.65.

2.20pm: Oil & Natural Gas falls 0.7% to Rs288.20 ahead of its September quarter earnings. According to 14 Bloomberg analysts estimates, the company may post net profit of Rs4,312.50 crore, while net sales will be at Rs1,8234.60 crore.

2.10pm: Maruti Suzuki fall 0.03% to Rs5,870 ahead of its September quarter earnings. According to 30 Bloomberg analysts estimates, the company may post net profit of Rs1,742.80 crore, while net sales will be at Rs1,7960.60 crore.

2.00pm: The Indian rupee was trading at 66.87 against the US dollar, down 0.05% from its previous close of 66.83. The home currency opened at 66.93 against the US dollar. So far this year, it fell 1.10%.

1.45pm: Tech Mahindra falls 1.6% to Rs418.30 ahead of its September quarter earnings. According to 30 Bloomberg analysts estimates, the company may post net profit of Rs700 crore, while net sales will be at Rs7,078.30 crore.

1.35pm: The BSE Sensex is currently trading higher by 44.00 points, or 0.16%, to 27,880.51, while the Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) is lower by 11.65 points, or 0.14%, to 8,603.60.

1.20pm: ABB India rises 0.1% to Rs1,059.05 ahead of its September quarter earnings. According to 14 Bloomberg analysts estimates, the company may post net profit of Rs84.55 crore, while net sales will be at Rs2,133.30 crore.

1.10pm: Bajaj Finance falls 0.5% to Rs1,143.90 ahead of its September quarter earnings. According to six Bloomberg analysts estimates, the company may post net profit of Rs402.4 crore, while net sales will be at Rs1,402.30 crore.

1.00pm: Bajaj Finserv falls 3.4% to Rs3,217.25 ahead of its September quarter earnings. According to two Bloomberg analysts estimates, the company may post net profit of Rs412.10 crore, while net sales will be at Rs1,857.90 crore.

12.50pm: Castrol India falls 2.2% to Rs460 ahead of its September quarter earnings. According to seven Bloomberg analysts estimates, the company may post net profit of Rs165.70 crore, while net sales will be at Rs832.80 crore.

12.40pm: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals falls 0.6% to Rs904.55 ahead of its September quarter earnings. According to 15 Bloomberg analysts estimates, the company may post net profit of Rs254.70 crore, while net sales will be at Rs2,164 crore.

12.30pm: The BSE Sensex is down by 68.72 points, or 0.25%, to 27,767.79, while the Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) is lower by 34.50 points, or 0.40%, to 8,580.75.

12.15pm: Adani Power Ltd rises 1.92% to Rs26.50 after the Adani Group announced on Thursday that it plans to start construction of a $21.7 billion Carmichael coal mine project in Australia in 2017 after years of legal delays over environmental approvals.

12.00pm: Hero MotoCorp Ltd falls 1.9% to Rs3,358. The company said its net profit increased 27.74% to Rs1,004.22 crore in the quarter from Rs786.12 crore in the year-ago period. Net sales rose to Rs8,448.74 crore from Rs7,346.47 crore.

11.45am: Banking stocks slide. Karnataka Bank falls 5.8%, Yes Bank falls 2.6%, Indian Bank 2.4%, IDBI Bank 1.7%, South Indian Bank 1.7%, State Bank of India 1.5%, Allahabad Bank 1.4%, Uco Bank 1.3%, Indusind Bank 1.2%, Bank of Baroda falls 1.1%, Punjab National Bank 1%, Canara Bank 1%, Kotak Mahindra Bank 1%, HDFC Bank 1%, ICICI Bank 1%.

11.30am: The BSE Sensex is down by 129.58 points, or 0.47%, to 27,706.93, while the Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) is lower by 52.15 points, or 0.61%, to 8,563.10.

11.20am: Noida Toll Bridge Co Ltd falls 20% to Rs17.85. The ride between Delhi and Noida on the DND Flyway became toll-free after the Allahabad high court on Wednesday ordered the private concessionaire to stop collecting user-fee from commuters, saying they were being illegally taxed.

11.10am:Torrent Pharmaceuticals falls 9.5%, its steepest fall since August 2015. The stock fell six out of seven trading sessions and lost over 13.7% in this period.

11.00am: HDFC rises 1% to ₹ 1,348. It said fiscal second-quarter profit rose 14% from a year earlier on higher revenues. Net profit rose to ₹ ,826.50 crore in the quarter ended 30 September from ₹ ,604.56 crore a year ago.

10.50am: Hinduja Ventures Ltd rises 9% to Rs573 after the company said in a notice to BSE that it will sell 1.35% stake in Indusind media at Rs466 a share.

10.40am: The BSE Sensex is down by 111.10 points, or 0.40%, to 27,725.41, while the Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) shed 47.25 points, or 0.55%, to 8,568.

10.30am: Eclerex Services Ltd falls 8.2% to Rs1,534.35 on the back of higher volumes.

10.20am: Lakshmi Machine Works Ltd falls 5% to Rs4,271.95 after the company said its net profit for the September quarter fell 31.7% to Rs37.92 crore against Rs55.54 crore a year ago.

10.10am: IIFL Holdings Ltd rises 5% to Rs296.85 after the company said its September quarter rose 31% from a year ago to Rs183 crore.

10.00am: ITC Ltd rises 1.4% to Rs242.20 after the company said its second-quarter profit rose 10.5% from a year earlier largely on account of an increase in operating profit from its cigarette business. Net profit rose to Rs2,500 crore in the three months ended 30 September from Rs2,262.5 crore a year ago, the company said on Thursday.

9.50am: The 30-share S&P BSE Sensex falls by 98.42.points, or 0.35%, to 27,738.09, while the Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) shed 34.40 points, or 0.40%, to 8,580.85.

9.40am: Tata Motors Ltd fell 3.3%, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd 0.6%, Tata Steel Ltd 2.7%, Tata Communications Ltd 2%, Indian Hotels Co Ltd 10%, Tata Power Company Ltd 2.9%, Tata Chemicals Ltd 4%, Tata Global Beverages Ltd 5.3%, Volta0.8%s Ltd , Titan Company Ltd 0.8%, Rallis India Ltd 1.6%, Tata Elxsi Ltd 2%, Trent Ltd 1%, Tata Metaliks 5.9%, Tata Coffee Ltd 3.7%, Tinplate Company of India Ltd 2.8%

9.30am: The Indian rupee on Thursday weakened against the US dollar, tracking the losses in the local equity and Asian currencies markets. The rupee opened at 66.93 against the US dollar, down 0.12% from its previous close of 66.83. So far this year, it fell 1.10%.

9.15am: The benchmark 10-year government bond yield was trading at 6.783% compared to Wednesday’s close of 6.774%. Bond yields and prices move in opposite directions.

9.10am: Japan’s Nikkei 225 index slipped 0.5% to 17,303.27, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng lost 1.1% to 23,059.20. The Shanghai Composite index dipped 0.4% to 3,104.99 and South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.3% to 2,019.09. Australia’s S&P ASX 200 shed 0.7% to 5,322.10. Markets in Southeast Asia and Taiwan were mixed.

9.05am: Oil prices stabilized after falling for three straight days. Benchmark US crude rose 6 cents to $49.24 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, used to price international oils, added 12 cents to $51.16 a barrel in London.

8.55am: The dollar inched up to 104.54 yen from 104.22 yen. The euro rose to $1.0906 from $1.0892.

8.50am: Major US stock indexes dodged bigger losses and finished barely lower on Wednesday. Healthcare companies fell and Apple pulled technology companies down, but banks rose. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.2% higher to 18,199.33, while the Standard & Poor’s 500 index sank 0.2% to 2,139.43. The Nasdaq composite index shed 0.6% to 5,250.27.

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