10:45 AM Share Market Live Updates 20 August: Sensex is currently up 392 points at 80817. Whereas, Nifty is at the level of 24696 with a jump of 123 points. Hero MotoCorp, SBI Life, IndusInd Bank, HDFC Life and BPCL are among the top gainers in Nifty. ONGC, Airtel, Cipla, Tata Steel and Mahindra & Mahindra are among the top losers.
9:15 AM Share Market Live Updates 20 August: The stock market started off well today. On Tuesday, August 20, the BSE Sensex opened with a jump of 297 points at 80722 and the NSE Nifty opened with a jump of 76 points at 24648. In the initial trade, BPCL was on top of the Nifty top gainers with a jump of 2.36 percent. It was followed by TCS, Hero MotoCorp, IndusInd Bank, which had a jump of more than one percent. UltraTech Cement was also in the list of Nifty top gainers. Top losers included ONGC, Airtel, Cipla, HCL Tech and ITC stocks.
8:00 AM Share Market Live Updates 20 August: Sensex and Nifty 50 are expected to open in the green today i.e. Tuesday following gains in global markets. Because, Asian markets remained bullish, while the US stock market rallied overnight led by tech stocks. At the same time, today the gift Nifty was trading around the level of 24,655, a premium of about 65 points from the previous close of Nifty futures. This indicates a positive start for the Indian stock market.
Let us tell you that on Monday, the Indian stock market closed flat amid profit booking and mixed global cues. The Sensex closed down 12.16 points or 0.02% at 80,424.68, while the Nifty 50 closed down 31.50 points or 0.13% at 24,572.65.
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Asian Markets: Asian stock markets traded higher on Tuesday. Japan’s Nikkei 225 gained 1.1%, while the Topix added 0.78%. South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.99% and the Kosdaq rose 1.19%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index futures also indicated a higher opening.
The state of Wall Street: US stock markets closed higher on Monday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq extending their gains to an eighth session, the longest in 2024.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 236.77 points, or 0.58%, to close at 40,896.53, while the S&P 500 gained 54 points, or 0.97%, to close at 5,608.25. The Nasdaq Composite managed to jump 245.05 points, or 1.39%, to close at 17,876.77.
Meanwhile, Nvidia shares rose 4.35%, Intel shares rose 3.11%, Microsoft shares rose 0.73% and Alphabet shares rose 2.22%. Shares of Advanced Micro Devices jumped 4.5%, while shares of B Riley Financial fell 5.8% and Palo Alto Networks shares fell 2.7%.