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Nifty gains 289 points; Nifty Oil & Gas the lone sectoral index in the red

Better-than-expected Q2 earnings and attractive valuations boost IT stocks, even as AI headwinds and US labour curbs remain concerns

Insurers want a mandatory 10 per cent co-pay on retail health policies for lower premiums, but with non-payable costs, policyholders could end up paying 15-19 per cent of hospital bills.

The Goods and Services Tax Council has approved a series of changes to input tax credit rules, widening the range of business expenses eligible for credit

Top buyers in ITC's block deal on Thursday: Fidelity Advisor Series VIII-Fidelity Advisor Overseas Fund, ICICI Prudential MF, SBI MF, Nippon India MF and Citigroup Global Markets Singapore Pte.

Foreign selling and a weak rupee add pressure, and domestic SIP flows cannot absorb everything indefinitely.

Motilal Oswal Financial Services initiated coverage on Torrent Power with a Neutral rating and a sum-of-the-parts (SoTP)-based target price of 1,270.

Rising traction in the cables and wires business, along with a strong T&D opportunity pipeline in India, makes KIE bullish on KEC International's stock.

NCC has received a Letter of Acceptance (LoA) from Hyderabad Growth Corridor Limited for a road construction project worth 1,286.03 crore in Telangana.

Spot gold has been under tremendous selling pressure due to surging real yields and strong US Dollar.

In near-term, silver is likely to range trade between $58 and $61. Interim resistance is at $60. Major hurdle is at $64.50.

NSDL hit a new lifetime low on Friday; the stock shed 7% in FY27 and was down 48% from its peak. CDSL gained 13% so far this fiscal but has declined 38% from its December 2024 summit.

Analysts at Kotak Institutional Equities believe the rate hike cycle poses limited risk for banks, given healthy balance sheets, tighter underwriting standards and stronger borrower fundamentals.

Today's rise puts Sensex and Nifty on track to end in the green and end their eight-week losing streak during which they lost 8-9 per cent.

Jefferies noted that Kalyan Jewellers is among India's largest organised jewellery retailers, with over 500 showrooms globally and 7 per cent share of the organised jewellery market.

Nageswaran said foreign investors could return to Indian equities if the AI boom falters, citing strong growth, manageable external deficits and healthier corporate balance sheets

According to reports, Thermax plans to divest over 51% stake in its renewable energy subsidiary First Energy, with an estimated enterprise value of 3,000 crore.

Info Edge reported a 12.8 per cent year-on-year increase in its standalone billings to 822.3 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, 2026.

Hitesh Tailor, technical analyst at Choice Broking flags that the TCS stock trades below key EMAs on the daily and weekly charts, and expects strong resistance between 2,250-2,330 levels.

According to reports, the Centre has decided to cap trade margins for all non-scheduled anti-cancer drugs at 30 per cent of the MRP.

Hexaware Technologies has signed a multi-year partnership with Anthropic. Under the partnership, Hexaware becomes a Preferred Partner in Anthropic's Claude Partner Network.

AI-powered customer experience solutions provider Fusion CX Ltd on Friday fixed the price band of Rs 275-289 per share for its Rs 702 crore Initial Public Offering (IPO), which will open for subscription on October 14. At the upper end of the price band, Fusion CX is expected to command a post-issue market capitalisation of over Rs 4,170 crore. The three-day public issue will close on October 16, while bidding by anchor investors is scheduled for October 13, according to a public announcement. T

IT stocks: All index constituents traded in the green, buoying the 10-stock Nifty IT 3.13 per cent to 28,604 during the intraday session.

TCS reported a net profit of 13,884 crore for Q2FY27, up 14.9 per cent year-on-year from 12,075 crore in Q2FY26. Revenue for the company grew 11.2 per cent in reported terms at 73,188 crore

Brent crude futures fell 72 cents, or 0.7%, to $103.53 a barrel by 0220 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell 52 cents, or 0.6%, to $90.97

At current levels, the NSE Nifty is on course to log its longest (9th) weekly losing streak since April 2001, shows market data. Technical analyst expect support around the psychological 22,000-mark.

Stocks to watch today: Anand Rathi, Canara Robeco, Can Fin Homes, and Poonawalla Fincorp are among the companies slated to post their Q2 results today.

Wall Street's main indexes fell, with the S&P 500 down about 0.5% and the Nasdaq off nearly 1.3%

Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates Friday: The GIFT Nifty indicated a positive open for the Nifty50. Asian markets were trading lower

Nifty slides 1.64% as rising crude prices, higher US Treasury yields and geopolitical tensions trigger broad-based selling

GQG Partners entities sold 36.5 crore ITC shares worth 9,395.4 crore in a block deal on the BSE, with mutual funds among the buyers, as the stock fell 4.03% on Thursday

Shares of Paytm, MobiKwik and Pine Labs declined amid reports that the proposed UPI merchant discount rate could be deferred to January 2027 from October 15

Jane Street seeks order logs and counterparty details to defend itself in the market manipulation case, while Sebi argues that it has disclosed all material relied upon so far

Thus far in calendar year 2026, KMEW's share price zoomed 70% against a 16% decline in the BSE Sensex.

PNGS Reva Diamond Jewellery share price hit a new high of 738.40 in Thursday's trading session, and has zoomed 125 per cent from its 52-week low of 328 hit on March 30, 2026.

Vedanta announced a dividend of 5 per share today, with the record date set for Wednesday, October 14.

Notably, the rights issue will open for subscription on October 22, and close on October 30.

Oil prices climbed sharply on Thursday due to rising attacks on vessels in the West Asia and hurricane-related production shutdowns in the US, reviving fears of severe supply disruptions.

How to save 55k on home loans after rate hikes: Increase your monthly EMI instead of loan tenure. Expert guide to floating rate resets, EBLR, MCLR, and prepayments in India.

Adani Enterprises' stock price on Thursday quoted at its lowest level since May 14, 2026, having declined 13% in the last six trading sessions.

Elara Capital believes that Sun TV holds a highly cash-generative TV business, underpinned by a strong sports portfolio, while the core media segment remains the 'cash cow'.

Mastek (UK) Limited, a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Mastek Ltd selected by Staffordshire County Council to deliver a Oracle Cloud transformation programme

After clocking an eight-week losing streak last Friday, Sensex and Nifty are down in two of the four trading sessions in the ongoing week so far.

Fino Payments Bank said that the loan referral disbursals rose by 223 per cent to 278 crore in the September quarter.

Power Grid, NMDC, IREDA, IRFC, RCF, RVNL, SJVN and Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders hit 52-week lows on the BSE in Thursday's intraday deals.

Comex gold futures were trading $16.50 higher at $4,157.20 an ounce, while silver futures rose $0.08 to $60.37 after opening at $60.19

According to Bloomberg data, 366.7 million shares, representing 2.93 per cent of the company's equity, changed hands in a single large trade.

Reliance shares imply a 36 per cent discount to the value of its roughly two-thirds stake in Jio Platforms, though analysts see about 25 per cent as a more sustainable gap after the telecom unit lists

Senco Gold said that Q2 revenue growth accelerated to 29 per cent Y-o-Y at retail level, supported by 19 per cent growth from existing stores (SSSG growth).