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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Blue Star Ltd, the leading provider of air conditioning & commercial refrigeration products, announced the launch of its new range of split air conditioners.  The company has launched this range, keeping in mind, the requirements of the mass category and intends to expand its market reach in this category through this launch.

Ducon Infratechnologies Limited, one of the leading engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) companies has informed the bourses about the receipt of its latest order regarding Alumina handling system (AHS).

All the sectors ended in red with Nifty PSU Bank and Nifty Realty leading the losers. In the afternoon session, we saw heavy open interest addition in the 15,000-call option in the current weekly options series.  However, it has now shifted to 14,700 call option as more than 26 lakh open interest addition at this strike price. Meanwhile, unwinding was seen in 15,000 and 14,900 put options.    

The market opened flat on March 17, 2021.