The derivatives data is also suggesting a long build-up in the stock. On Wednesday, January series stock future saw 18,90,000 addition of open interest, which is 15.63 per cent addition in the open interest. It indicates that there is a long build-up in the market.

The stocks of Tanla Platforms Limited were trading up by 4 per cent on Wednesday after the company announced that it has collaborated with Microsoft to launch ‘Wisely’, a blockchain-enabled communication platform-as-a-service (CPaaS) offering built-on Microsoft Azure. 

On Wednesday, LT Foods Limited announced that it has acquired a 30 per cent stake in Leev.nu via its subsidiary, Nature Bio Foods BV, with an option to acquire another 21 per cent at the end of 5 years. 

On Wednesday, the domestic benchmark indices hit record highs, led by IT & auto stocks amidst positive global cues.  Sensex gained by around 393.83 points or by 0.80 per cent to settle at 49,792.12 levels while Nifty rose by 123.55 points or by 0.85 per cent to close at 14,644.75 levels.   

On Wednesday, Larsen & Toubro reported that its power transmission & distribution business has won a slew of transmission line orders in Bangladesh.