At 10 am on Thursday, the core equity indices i.e., Sensex & Nifty 50 were trading higher, owing to strong global cues from the US markets and a reduction in the 10-year treasury yield. Major companies like HCL Technologies, CRISIL, L&T Technology Services, Cyient, ICICI Lombard General Insurance, Nestle India, and Tata Communications are set to announce their Q4 results today.  

After gaining 1.02 per cent in the previous trading session, the rally in the broad market index S&P BSE Sensex continued today.

Activity in the F&O market for the weekly expiry tomorrow shows 17000 to act as support now. 

On Wednesday, reversing the previous sessions’ fall, the benchmark indices managed to settle in green. In the global market, European shares rose after a few positive earnings reports, which lifted sentiment while cautiousness over the Ukraine war, slowing growth, and rising yields monitored the gains closely. 

At 4 pm on April 20, the benchmark indices, i.e. Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading higher as compared to the previous one. Sensex was trading at 57,037.50, up by 574.35 points or 1.02 per cent while Nifty 50 was trading at 17,136.55, up by 177.90 points or 1.05 per cent. 

Domestic equity bourses Sensex and Nifty halted the five-day losing streak on Wednesday and settled higher. The market rally was led by gains in automobile and energy shares. On the other hand, information technology (IT) stocks rebounded after sliding for eight straight sessions.

Equity markets gave double-digit returns in the fiscal year 2022 and equity mutual funds followed the suit. In this article, we have listed the top-performing equity funds in FY22.

BSE Smallcap index underperformed broader markets, closing the session with gains of mere 0.36 per cent.

Indices firmly closed higher while Nifty surged about 1.05 per cent to close at 17,136.

Biocon Ltd, Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd and VRL Logistics Ltd are today’s mid-day movers.