INDIAN EQUITY BENCHMARKS INDICES ENDED AT RECORD LEVELS ON MONDAY

Domestic Equity Market has shown a positive sign and gained nearly 1% thanks to encouraging auto sales number, highest ever GST collections and progress on the vaccine front. Nifty Smallcap100 and Nifty Midcap100 ending over 1 percent higher each.Net Buying of FII/FPI was at Rs.1,843.22 crore while Net selling of DII was at Rs.715.21 crore. The S&P BSE Sensex settled the day 307.82 points, or 0.64 per cent, higher at 48,176.80 levels with shares of ONGC,TCS,HCL Tech,Tech Mahindra,Infosys,Mahindra & Mahindra gained by 4.02%, 3.79%, 3.05%, 2.46%, 2.23%, 2.18% respectively while shares of Kotak Bank, Bajaj Finance, Asian Paints, HDFC Bank, Powergrid, Titan were the losers with a loss of 1.43%, 1.21%, 0.73%, 0.61%, 0.61%, 0.52% respectively .The Nifty gained 114.40 points or 0.82 percent to close at 14,132.90 with sectors like Metal ,IT, Auto, Energy, Pharma having gains of 5.09%, 2.67%,1.57%, 1.18%, 1.14% respectively while Bank Index was the only loser with a loss of 0.04%.

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ONGC gained over 4% as the government is planning to run all the plants on gas.

TCS surged over 3% owing to strong momentum in digital spends, large deal wins, and lower than expected furloughs.

Infosys rose over 2% as the sector kick starts its October-December quarter (Q3FY21) earnings from the current week.

Kotak Bank lost over 1% as investors focus now shifts to December 2020 (Q3FY21) result along with loan moratorium verdicts and Covid-19 vaccine rollout ahead.