Sensex traded with minor gains of 49 points at 54,941 at 10.52 am.

After making a cautious start amid mixed global cues, the Indian benchmark indices ended the day on a negative note with Nifty closing at 16,522 and Sensex ending at 55,381.

Reliance Brands Limited and Plastic Legno SPA have signed a joint venture arrangement through which RBL will acquire a 40 per cent stake in Plastic Legno SPA’s toy manufacturing business in India. This investment by RBL serves a dual purpose, bringing in vertical integration for RBL’s toy business and helping diversify the supply chain with a long-term strategic interest in building toy manufacturing in India.

On Monday, the markets are trading bullish after breaking several major resistance levels. The advance-decline ratio is clearly favouring the advances even as the broader markets continue to perform in line with the key benchmark indices.

At 2 pm on Friday, the core equity indices i.e., Sensex and Nifty 50 recovered the losses from the last trading session and were trading higher by 2.50 per cent each.    

All the sectoral indices on NSE rose with metal, real estate, and auto stocks gaining the most. Besides, Nifty traded just above 16,150 points.

On Monday, concerns over the weakening rupee, global interest rate hikes, and tightening lockdowns in China forced the markets to take a downward trend. Sensex closed down by 364.91 points or 0.67 per cent at 54,470.67 while Nifty settled 109.40 points or 0.67 per cent lower at the 16,301.90 level. 

Reliance and Viacom18 announced a strategic partnership with Bodhi Tree Systems, which is a platform of James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems and Uday Shankar, to form one of the largest TV and digital streaming companies in India.

Reliance Industries made history by becoming the first Indian company to cross Rs 19 lakh crore in market capitalisation.

Abu Dhabi Chemicals Derivatives Company RSC Ltd (TA’ZIZ) and Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), have signed the formal Shareholder Agreement for the TA’ZIZ EDC & PVC project. Reliance is India’s largest diversified conglomerate and a strategic partner with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and ADQ, an Abu Dhabi-based investment and holding company, in TA’ZIZ EDC & PVC, a world-scale chemicals development at the TA’ZIZ Industrial Chemicals Zone in Ruwais.