Mumbai : Stocks rose for the first time in three days with the market benchmark Sensex rebounding 118 points to 28,123.44 on fresh buying after minutes of the US Fed July meeting cooled rate hike expectations.
Brokers said the likely delay in US rate hike is positive for emerging markets, especially India, triggering fresh round of purchases by retail and institutional investors. Minutes of the US Federal Reserve’s latest meeting released yesterday showed that policymakers were in no rush to raise interest rates. Shares of Bharti Airtel settled with gains of over 2 per cent, following which the market capitalisation of the company surged by Rs 2,858 crore.
Power Grid Corporation of India surged to 52-week high on the bourses and settled for the day with gains of over 4 per cent, adding Rs 3,871 crore to its mcap.
“The 30-share Sensex after opening higher advanced to the day’s high of 28,214.17 but slipped on profit-booking. It finally settled 118.07 points or 0.42 per cent up at 28,123.44. The gauge lost 147.03 points in the last two days. The NSE Nifty bounced back 49.20 points or 0.57% to 8,673.25. It shuttled in a range 8,690.70-8,645.05. In line with the overall trend, broader markets too turned positive with the small-cap and midcap indices recovering by up to 1.01%. Overseas, Asian stocks ended mixed as indices in Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan rose by 0.05 per cent to 0.98% while indices in China, Japan and Singapore fell by 0.17% cent to 1.55 per cent.