Asian markets traded higher tracking a rally on Wall Street after US jobs data.
Japan and South Korea's markets are shut for a public holiday. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index futures indicated a higher opening.
The US stock market ended sharply higher on Friday as a softer-than-expected employment report bolstered the case for US Fed rate cuts.
Here's a table showing how US stocks performed on Friday:
Stock/Index | LTP | Change ($) | Change (%) | Day High | Day Low | 52-Week High | 52-Week Low |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alphabet | . | 0.55 | 0.33% | 169.85 | 164.98 | 176.42 | 104.7 |
Apple | 183.36 | 10.33 | 5.97% | 187 | 182.66 | 199.62 | 164.08 |
Meta | 452.05 | 10.37 | 2.35% | 454.17 | 443.85 | 531.49 | 229.85 |
Tesla | 181.14 | 1.13 | 0.63% | 184.78 | 178.42 | 299.29 | 138.8 |
Netflix | 579.34 | 14.19 | 2.51% | 580.26 | 565.16 | 639 | 317.95 |
Amazon | 186.24 | 1.51 | 0.82% | 187.87 | 185.42 | 189.77 | 103.31 |
Microsoft | 406.66 | 8.82 | 2.22% | 407.15 | 401.86 | 430.82 | 303.4 |
Dow Jones | 38675.68 | 450.02 | 1.18% | 38808.52 | 38518.28 | 39889.05 | 32327.2 |
Nasdaq | 17890.79 | 349.25 | 1.99% | 17926.98 | 17784.78 | 18464.7 | 12938.45 |
At present, the BSE Sensex is trading 377 points higher and NSE Nifty is trading 60 points higher.
Britannia, TCS and IndusInd Bank are among the top gainers today.
Titan, Coal India and SBI the other hand are among the top losers today.
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Broader markets are trading on negative note. The BSE Midcap index is trading 0.6% lower and the BSE Small Cap index are trading 0.3% lower.
Sectoral indices are trading mixed, with socks in realty sector, media sector and IT sector witnessing buying. Meanwhile stocks in metal sector, power sector and energy sector witnessed selling pressure.
The rupee is trading at Rs 83.44 against the US dollar.
In commodity markets, gold prices are trading 0.3% higher at Rs 70,876 per 10 grams today.
Meanwhile, silver prices are trading 1% higher at Rs 81,908 per 1 kg.
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Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd (TPREL) on Saturday said it has signed an agreement with state-owned SJVN Ltd to set up a 460 MW Firm and Dispatchable Renewable Energy (FDRE) project.
An FDRE plant enables round-the-clock power supply, assisting power distribution companies (discoms) in fulfilling their Renewable Purchase Obligations (RPOs) and Energy Storage Obligations (ESOs).
The plant is expected to generate nearly 3,000 million units (MUs) of power and offset 2,200 million kgs of CO2 emissions annually.
This partnership with SJVN Ltd will witness the deployment of sustainable energy solutions from TPREL. It will go a long way in meeting the green energy objectives of SJVN.
This partnership with SJVN will witness the deployment of sustainable energy solutions from TPREL. It will go a long way in meeting the green energy objectives of SJVN.
Tata Power has transformed into India's undisputed energy powerhouse. Its grip extends across the electricity value chain, including generation, transmission and distribution.
Over the past year, Tata Power stock has demonstrated impressive growth, soaring approximately 107% from Rs 190 to Rs 394 in March 2024.
Drug firm Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd on Friday (3 May) said it launched doxycycline capsules, 40 mg in the US market, a therapeutic generic equivalent of ORACEA (doxycycline, USP) capsules.
The doxycycline capsules, 40 mg, were approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) and are supplied in bottle counts of 30.
Each capsule contains 26 mg immediate-release pellets and 14 mg delayed-release pellets equivalent to 40 mg of anhydrous doxycycline, USP.
Last month, Dr Reddy's Laboratories voluntarily recalled six lots of medication from the US market, indicated to reduce blood phenylalanine (Phe) levels, on account of being subpotent.
The company is recalling lots of sapropterin dihydrochloride powder for oral solution 100 mg to the consumer level due to powder discolouration in some packets leading to decreased potency.
The issue was discovered during an accelerated stability test in addition to customer complaints, it added. Reduced efficacy of the product would result in elevated Phe levels in patients.
Chronically elevated Phe levels in infants and children are likely to cause permanent neurocognitive deficits, including permanent and irreversible intellectual disability, developmental delay, and seizures.
India's top stock exchanges are luring investors with new products and lower fees as they battle for a share of the hot but fledgling derivatives market, in turn fuelling a surge in trading activity that is drawing regulatory scrutiny.
The larger National Stock Exchange of India and its older rival BSE are wrestling for dominance in derivatives, particularly the raging options market spurred by the introduction last year of short-term contracts that can be traded with borrowed funds.
The monthly notional value of derivatives traded on Indian exchanges exploded to an eye-popping 8,737 trillion rupees (US$ 104.65 trillion) in March 2024, more than double that of a year earlier.
The NSE plans to launch options contracts based on key sectoral indices, including the pharmaceutical and IT indices if it gets the regulatory go-ahead.
In April, it launched option contracts on a Nifty Next 50 index of the 50 largest stocks which are not in the benchmark Nifty index.
It has reduced transaction fees and a wider review to further reduce charges is underway, said the sources.
Not to be left behind, the BSE plans to launch options contracts based on indices of the top 50 and top 100 companies by market value.
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