Share Market HIGHLIGHTS: Sensex ends 234 pts higher, Nifty reclaims 18,300 as market extends gains to 2nd day; TechM, Wipro, Infosys, TCS up 2-3%

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Share Market HIGHLIGHTS | Sensex ends 234 pts higher, Nifty reclaims 18,300 as market extends gains to 2nd day

Sensex ends 234 points higher or 0.38 per cent at 61,963.68.

Source: NSE

Nifty reclaims 18,300, up 111 points or 0.61 per cent as the market extends gains to 2nd day. 

Source: BSE

Share Market HIGHLIGHTS | Adani Enterprises, Adani Ports, Divi's Lab, Tech Mahindra among top gainers 

Hero Motocorp, Axis Bank, Nestle India and Eicher Motors are among the top losers. 

Source: NSE

Thanga Mayil Jewellery approves 60% payout

The board of Thanga Mayil Jewellery announced a dividend of Rs 6 per equity share of the face value of Rs 10, i.e., a 60 per cent payout to its shareholders. The company also recommended a bonus issue in the ratio 1:1 i.e., an additional share to be given to the shareholder for every one share held. Read more 

Street gives a thumbs-up to Bandhan Bank's asset quality; analysts see 43% upside

Bandhan Bank shares rise on Monday, trading in high volumes, after the lender reported significant improvement in its asset quality in the March quarter though its profit dropped 57.5 per cent compared with the corresponding period a year ago. 

A number of brokerages retain positive views on the stock with targets implying a potential upside of as high as 43 per cent. Click here to read more on Bandhan Bank shares. 

Go First Insolvency Case | NCLAT refuses to allow lessors to take control of aircraft

Go First Insolvency Case | NCLAT refuses to allow lessors to take control of aircraft

Gland Pharma extends losses for second straight session, corrects over 17%

Gland Pharma shares extended losses for the second straight session on Monday. The trend follows after the Hyderabad-based generic injectable manufacturer reported a 52 per cent fall in operating profit to Rs 168 crore for the quarter that ended March 2023. Read more on Gland Pharma shares

Siemens tanks 10% in trade; what's bothering the Street?

Shares of Siemens Ltd (NSE: SIEMENS) slumped over 10 per cent on NSE on May 22, after the automotive company’s board on Friday approved the sale of low voltage motors and geared motors businesses to a Siemens AG subsidiary -- Siemens Large Drives India -- for Rs 2,200 crore and brokerages downgraded their rating. Read more here 

TCS, Tejas Networks, other companies bag Rs 15,000-crore order from BSNL

TCS, Tejas Networks-led consortium has an received advance purchase order (APO) worth Rs 15,000 crore from BSNL for four projects. Besides, ITI also gets APO from BSNL for 4G project. Meanwhile, Tejas Networks will supply a radio access network (RAN) under the consortium.

Muthoot Finance surges as gold financier records highest loan disbursement

Muthoot Finance shares jump as much as eight per cent to Rs 1,116.9 apiece on BSE, after the country's largest gold loan NBFC reported record quarterly loan disbursements, at Rs 51,850 crore.

Source: Reuters

Balaji Amines shares tumble to 52-week low after weak Q4 show

Balaji Amines shares hit a new 52-week low of Rs 1,880 after the specialty chemicals maker reports a weak set of quarterly numbers. Its net profit for the January-March period slumped 56.4 per cent on year to Rs 47.4 crore, according to a regulatory filing.

Source: NSE

Jefferies double-upgrades Divi's to 'buy', raised target price by Rs 1,060 to Rs 3,610

According to Jefferies, Divi's Labs' should be on track to achieving mid-/high-teens revenue growth from the quarter ending September 2023.

Share Market Today LIVE | Should you buy, sell or hold PNB, NTPC, PowerGrid, Zomato, JSW Steel shares?

On the radar of some of the top brokerages are stocks such as Punjab National Bank, Zomato, PowerGrid, NTPC and JSW Steel.

Zomato shares

Check out the full list here  

TCS-led consortium bags Rs 15,000-crore order from BSNL

A consortium led by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has bagged an advance purchase order valued over Rs 15,000 crore from BSNL for the deployment of a 4G network across India, according to a regulatory filing.

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, NSE: TCS shares trade flat on NSE. The counter quotes Rs 3,240.35, up by Rs 17.5 or 0.54 per cent at 10:06 AM on Monday. 

Nifty LIVE | Hindalco, JSW Steel, Eicher Motors top losers; NTPC among stocks rising most in 50-scrip blue-chip basket

Hindalco, JSW Steel, Eicher Motors and Bharti Airtel are among the top losers, down nearly one per cent each. On the other hand, Adani Enterprises, NTPC, Divi's Lab and Bajaj Auto are among the top gainers in the Nifty basket, trading with gains of around 1-5 per cent.

Source: NSE

Share Market Today LIVE | Paytm, Goldiam International, Samvardhana Motherson among analysts' top picks

In conversation with Zee Business Managing Editor Anil Singhvi, market experts Rakesh Bansal, Kunal Saraogi, Sumeet Bagadia, Himanshu Gupta and Sandeep Jain share their top recommendations for the day in this special segment, Pick of the Week. Read more on Paytm, Goldiam International, Samvardhana Motherson and others

Share Market Today LIVE | Sensex, Nifty 50 edge lower

Here's how the intraday charts are building up for both Sensex and Nifty 50:

Nifty 50 LIVE

The 50-scrip index is down 7.4 points at 18,196 minutes into the opening bell.

Source: NSE

Sensex LIVE  

The Sensex is down 23.57 points at 61,706.1.

Source: BSE

Anil Singhvi's strategy: Nifty buy zone at 17,925-18,000, Nifty Bank base at 43,675-43,800

Zee Business Managing Editor Anil Singhvi expects a strong buy zone in the Nifty50 benchmark at 18,050-18,125 levels, and a strong buy zone at 17,925-18,000 levels.

For the Nifty Bank, he sees support coming in at 43,675-43,800 levels and a strong buy zone at 43,475-43,525 levels.

Read more on what Anil Singhvi makes of the Indian share market today and what he recommends

Share Market Today LIVE | SGX Nifty futures fall over 50 pts, indicate a muted start ahead on Dalal Street

Singapore Exchange (SGX) Nifty futures — an early indicator of the Nifty 50 index — fell as much as 57 points to 18,181 early on Monday, suggesting a muted start ahead in the Indian share market.

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