The market opened in green on March 18, 2021, overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 4,40,17,007 contracts with a turnover of Rs. 42,45,096.45 crore.

HFCL Limited informed that it has bagged an order from Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation for Kanpur Metro (Corridor-1 & 2) as well as Agra Metro (Corridor-1) Projects. 

Escorts Limited has informed that it has achieved the landmark sales of 1,00,000 tractors in the ongoing fiscal year i.e. FY21. It has surpassed the previous highest-ever sales achieved during the entire fiscal year 2018-19.

HG Infra Engineering Ltd informed that it has been declared as the lowest bidder by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), New Delhi. 

IRCTC: IRCTC said there have that there has been no major impact of terminations of mobile catering contracts in the financial year 2020-21 and the impact, if any, will be reassessed on the resumption of regular train services & subject to the outcome on the ongoing litigation.

The  US 10-year bond yields have spiked nearly 5 per cent and it has inched higher to 1.73. Nifty trades below the 14,700 mark while Sensex has breached the 49,700 mark. Meanwhile, the advance-decline ratio is strongly in favour of the decliners. 

On Wednesday, the domestic benchmark indices struggled to stay afloat in the positive territory. A sudden plunge towards the end of today's trading session resulted in Sensex closing at 49,801.62 levels, down by 562.34 points or 1.12 per cent while Nifty fell by 189.15 points or 1.27 per cent to settle at 14,721.30 levels.  

Hitachi ABB Power Grids, a pioneer in the field of technology and provider of various utility & infrastructure services announced on Wednesday that it has won an order worth Rs 124 crore from one of India’s top aluminium producers i.e., Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO) to strengthen its power infrastructure at Korba Plant in Chhattisgarh.

The shares of Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) were trading in the green on Wednesday after the company announced that it has received export orders to the tune of US$ 23 million from Cameroon and Bangladesh. 

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