On Wednesday, the domestic markets witnessed a volatile session after the benchmark indices gained during the afternoon session. Sensex rose by 258.50 points or 0.66 per cent to close at 39,302.85 while Nifty gained by 76.90 points or 0.67 per cent to settle at 11,598.70.

As per the data released by the Commerce Ministry, merchandise exports fell by 12.66 per cent to $22.70 billion in August 2020, as compared to $25.99 billion in the same month, a year ago.

IT stocks seem to have certainly stolen the focus by reporting huge gains recently.

Sundaram Asset Management Company has announced the launch of its newly open-ended equity scheme, Sundaram Bluechip Fund.

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Aurobindo Pharma on Tuesday announced a collaboration to develop vaccines for COVID-19.

In the previous two trading sessions, the broader markets outperformed with an increased focus on the stocks of small-cap companies.

The shares of Lakshmi Vilas Bank jumped by 10 per cent intraday thereby, hitting its upper circuit of 10 per cent on Wednesday after the bank said that the due diligence process for its merger with Clix Group is substantially complete and both parties are now in discussions regarding the next step.

The consolidated net sales reported in Q1FY21 came in at Rs 430.87 crore, which declined by 5.62 per cent YoY from Rs 456.53 crore in Q1FY20. 

With an optical network, Airtel will be able to deliver superior customer experience through enhanced scalability, reduced latency, and improved bandwidth.

The market opened in green on September 16, 2020.