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Tuesday, April 28, 2026

28/04/26, Market Hours News

 The Indian equity benchmarks were little changed on Tuesday, April 28, mirroring subdued trend in other Asian markets after crude oil inched closer to $110 per barrel ahead of monthly expiry of NIFTY50, NIFTY Bank and stock futures and option contracts.

The SENSEX fell as much as 331 points and NIFTY50 index touched an intraday low of 23,999 dragged down by losses in index heavyweights like State Bank of India, Infosys, Axis Bank, Bajaj Finserv, Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank.

As of 9:28 am, the SENSEX was down 38 points at 77,265 and NIFTY50 index advanced 26 points to 24,120.

Asian markets were trading lower on Tuesday as crude oil prices surged close to $110 per barrel.

Japan's Nikkei fell 0.6%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 0.54%, China's Shanghai Composite dropped 0.11% and South Korea's KOSPI rose 0.9%.

Overnight, US stock market's record-breaking rally slowed on Monday after uncertainty rose over the weekend about what will happen next in the Iran war, while oil prices rose.

S&P 500 index rose 0.12%, Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.13% and tech heavy Nasdaq advanced 0.2%.

Back home, eight of 15 sector gauges compiled by the National Stock Exchange (NSE) were trading lower led by the NIFTY PSU Bank index's 1.2% fall. PSU banks came under selling pressure after the Reserve Bank of India on Monday issued final directions for a new framework for asset classification, provisioning and income recognition, anchored around Expected Credit Loss (ECL) model.

NIFTY Realty, Healthcare, Bank, IT and Pharma indices were also trading with a negative bias.

On the flip side, consumer durables, oil & gas, metal and auto stocks were witnessing a mild buying interest.

Broader markets were outperforming their larger peers as NIFTY Midcap 100 index rose 0.15% and NIFTY Smallcap 100 index advanced 0.7%.

Among the individual shares, Punjab & Sind Bank fell as much as 2% to hit an intraday low of ₹25 after it reported a 35% jump in net profit at ₹422 crore for the January-March period of FY26 (Q4 FY26), aided by a decline in bad loans.

Total income moderated to ₹3,457 crore from ₹3,836 crore seen a year ago, Punjab & Sind Bank said in a regulatory filing. Interest income too declined to ₹3,030 crore from ₹3,159 crore.

Coal India was top gainer in the NIFTY50 index, the stock rose nearly 5% to ₹473 after the state-owned miner on Monday reported an 11.1% rise in consolidated net profit to ₹10,839.18 crore in the March quarter, driven by higher revenue.

Coal India Ltd (CIL) logged a consolidated net profit of ₹9,751.64 crore in the year-ago period.

Adani Enterprises, ONGC, Tata Steel, Grasim Industries, Mahindra & Mahindra, JSW Steel and Eicher Motors also rose between 0.97% and 2%.

On the other hand, Eternal, Trent, Infosys, UltraTech Cement, InterGlobe Aviation, HCL Tech, State Bank of India, Hindustan Unilever and Tata Consumer Products were top losers in the NIFTY50 index.

The overall market breadth was positive as 1,776 shares were advancing while 1,020 were declining on the NSE.

Source:Upstox

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28/04/26, Market Hours News

  T he Indian equity benchmarks were little changed on Tuesday, April 28, mirroring subdued trend in other Asian markets after crude oil inc...