Days after receiving in-principle approval from SEBI for launch of Electronic Gold Receipts (EGR) segment, BSE, India's leading and most diverse exchange, signed MoU's with the four regional associations from Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. These associations include Thirunelveli Gold Silver Diamond Jewellery Traders Association, Nanded Sarafa Association, Saraf Suvarnkar Sangthna Pusad, and Ghadchiroli Zila Sarafa Association. Together these associations represent over 1,000 members involved in jewellery and bullion trade.

Asian markets across the board experienced short-covering buying as geopolitical risk decreased. In terms of sectoral indices, on BSE, the Capital Goods underachieved sinking 125 points. Bankex was marginally down as investors saw the risk from nearly Rs 22,000 crore fraud by ABG Shipyard against 28 banks. Realty and power index climbed over 1 per cent each. A huge sell-off was seen by the FII yesterday of Rs 2,298.76 crore and the huge buying was seen by the DII of Rs 4,411.60 crore was recorded.  

After witnessing one of the worst falls in 10 months, Sensex closed with a huge profit of 1,736 points, or up 3.08 per cent, and closed of 58,142.05 today. The Sensex MidCap index gained by 626 points and ended the day at 24,025.39 levels. Similarly, the BSE SmallCap also jumped by 542 points and stood at 28,043.69 at day end. The Nifty 50 index also soared by 509 points and closed at 17,352 levels. The Bank Nifty shot up by 1264 points and ended at 38,173.25. The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of the market's expectation of volatility over the near term, slipped by 10.27 per cent i.e. by 2.36 points to 20.62 levels. 

The benchmark indices after a good start increased gains in morning trade. IT, FMCG and auto stocks are the one’s trading strong. The Russia-Ukraine tension has affected the crude oil prices to go up more, while the uncertainties have taken over US Fed's rate hike which is expected to hamper the economic growth. China's monetary authority has pushed 100 billion yuan (US$ 15.7 billion) into the banking system with its medium-term lending facility. A huge sell-off was seen by the FII yesterday of Rs 4,253.70 crore, and the DII of buying was seen of Rs 2,170.29 crore was recorded.

All the sectoral indices ended in the red with auto, bank, oil & gas, PSU Bank, pharma, FMCG, metal, realty, and capital goods indices. 

The Indian markets witnessed carnage in Monday's early trade due to weakening in global markets as concerns over the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Also, the crude oil hits USD 96 per barrel reaching a multi-year high. The broad-based indices also saw sell-off on exchanges BSE and NSE with Sensex diving to near 56,600-level and Nifty 50 even reaching near 16,900-level. Buying was seen by FII of Rs 108.53 crore and the DII selling of Rs 696.90 crore was recorded.  

The key Indian indices discontinued the three-day winning streak to trade with steep losses and closed in red territory. The weak global cues soured investor sentiment as the higher than expected US inflation data increased fears of aggressive and early rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve. IT, PSU banks, and consumer durables stocks were under pressure. 

The Indian Indices, on February 10, gave a thumbs-up to the RBI's MPC members decision to keep the key policy rates unchanged and continue to maintain the accommodative stance as long as necessary to support the economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The repo rate is kept at 4 per cent and the reverse repo rate is unchanged at 3.35 per cent. The BSE Sensex ended the day in red today after small fall of 143 points and closed at 58,644.82 falling by 0.24 per cent. The Sensex MidCap index rose by 73 points and ended the day at 24,704.65 levels. Similarly, the BSE SmallCap is also gained by 12 points and stood at 29,246.05 at day end. Also the Nifty 50 index also jumped by 142 points and closed at 17,605.85. The Bank Nifty has increased by 400 points and ended at 38,010.95.

The RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das heading a six-member Monetary Policy Committee MPC announced the resolution today. 

The RBI kept has decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent. The reverse repo rate stands at 3.35 per cent. The real GDP growth is projected at 7.8 per cent for FY22-23. The FY23 inflation target is reduced to 4.5 per cent. 

The Nifty Bank and Financial Services continued the winning streak on Thursday and rose further after RBI maintained the status quo in line with the street’s expectations. The indexes gained around 1 per cent with financial stocks advancing 1.5 per cent and PSU Bank stocks were subdued in gains. Huge selling was seen by FII of Rs 892.64 crore and the DII of inflow of Rs 1793.35 crore was recorded.  

Consumer Durables index outperformed on Wednesday driven by broad-based buying in heavyweight stocks. The sector was among the top gainer on the markets today with banking, auto and IT stocks. The Nifty Consumer Durables index has soared around 1 per cent in the early trade. The price hikes and RBI's monetary policy and the growth momentum in the sectors are expected to accelerate this fiscal on positive numbers. Broader markets further lifted the sentiments. Huge selling was seen by FII of Rs 1,967.89 crore and a DII of inflow of Rs 1,115.00 crore was recorded.