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Sensex Zooms 593 Points; Power, Banking and Automobile Stocks Rally
Mon, 28 Sep Closing

Indian share markets continued their momentum and ended on a strong note, tracking firm global cues.

Benchmark indices traded on a bullish note today, amid positive global equities as hopes of the US government to announce a stimulus package cheered investors.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today announced that it has postponed the meeting of its Monetary Policy Committee which was scheduled during September 29, 30 and October 1, 2020.

At the closing bell, the BSE Sensex stood higher by 593 points (up 1.6%).

The NSE Nifty closed higher by 177 points (up 1.6%).

IndusInd Bank and Bajaj Finance were among the top gainers today.

The SGX Nifty was trading at 11,250, up by 219 points, at the time of writing.

The BSE Mid Cap index ended up by 2.7%.

The BSE Small Cap index ended up by 2.5%.

On the sectoral front, gains were largely seen in the power sector and banking sector.

Public sector banks (PSBs) witnessed buying interest after media reports suggested that the Finance Ministry is likely to provide capital support from the Rs 200 billion fund approved by Parliament in the recently concluded session to some PSBs in the third quarter itself.

Asian stock markets ended higher as data over the weekend showed profits at China's industrial firms grew for the fourth straight month in August buoyed in part by a rebound in commodities prices and equipment manufacturing.

As of the most recent closing prices, the Hang Seng ended up by 1% while the Nikkei ended up by 1.3%.

US stock futures are trading higher, indicating a positive opening for Wall Street indices.

Nasdaq Futures are trading up by 137 points (up 1.3%), while Dow Futures are trading up by 259 points (up 1%).

The rupee is trading at 73.78 against the US$.

Gold prices are trading down by 0.6% at Rs 49,360 per 10 grams.

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In news from the automobile sector, Escorts was among the top buzzing stocks today.

Shares of the company rallied 8% to hit a record high of Rs 1,304.4 after the company announced the commissioning of manufacturing operations of a joint venture (JV) with Kubota Corporation.

In the JV, Escorts Kubota India, Kubota Corporation has 60% ownership while the rest 40% is with Escorts. The JV was set up with a total investment of around Rs 3 billion and has the capacity to manufacture 50,000 units of tractors annually.

Escorts share price ended the day up by 7.3%.

In other news, shares of tyre manufactures were in focus today with Balkrishna Industries surging 9% to hit a record high of Rs 1,482 on the back of heavy volumes.

Optimism was seen on the counter on expectation of healthy demand and margin outlook.

Among other tyre stocks, Apollo Tyres, Ceat, MRF and JK Tyre ended up in the range of 3-7%.

Reports state that the upcoming festive period and expected continual pickup in economic activity would guide future offtake.

Speaking of the automobile sector, have a look at the chart below which shows the performance of BSE Auto index for the month of September since inception.


The BSE auto index ended in the red on only 3 out of the last 15 years for the month of September. That's a success ratio of 80%.

The auto index has entered the greed phase in September 2019 and will stay there until December 2021. This means there is still a lot of fuel left for auto stocks.

How automobile stocks perform in the coming months remains to be seen. Stay tuned for more updates from this space.

Moving on to news from the pharma sector, shares of Laurus Labs ended higher by 10% today, ahead of the ex-date for 1:5 stock split on Tuesday, September 29, 2020.

The board of directors of Laurus Labs, at their meeting held on July 30, fixed September 30, 2020 as the record date for sub-division of equity shares of the company from existing face value of Rs 10 each to face value of Rs 2 each.

On April 30, the company announced its stock split plan to make the stock more affordable for the small retail investors and to increase liquidity.

In the past three months, Laurus Labs share price has surged as much as 180%.

Apart from Laurus Labs, market participants were also tracking Sun Pharma share price as the Mumbai-based pharma company is looking to expand its specialty business across different regions like Greater China and Japan after having established presence in the US market.

The company also announced closure of buyback of equity shares of the company on Friday, September 25, 2020. The pharmaceutical company has not purchased any shares under buyback offer as the market price was higher than the buyback price.

In March 2020, Sun Pharma had launched a buyback offer to buy back 40 million shares at a price up to Rs 425 per equity share, totaling to about Rs 17 billion through open market route.

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