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Benchmark NSE Nifty closed 50.0 points up at 23205.35 amid buying in frontline bluechip counters.

The NSE Nifty index ended the session 50.0 points up at 23205.35, while BSE Sensex 115.39 points to 76520.38.

Shares of Coforge Ltd.(up 11.77 per cent), Persistent Systems Ltd.(up 10.64 per cent), MphasiS Ltd.(up 3.92 per cent), Wipro Ltd.(up 2.79 per cent) and LTIMindtree Ltd.(up 2.61 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

stocks rallied as much as 15% in Mumbai trading on Thursday even as equity benchmarks, BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty, traded in the amid brisk in frontline bluechip counters. Stocks that surged in excess of 15% included, Fervent Syn(19.96%) and Tirupati Sarjan(15.05%).

Shares of Punjab National Bank(up 1.26 per cent), IDFC First Bank Ltd.(up 0.47 per cent), Bank of Baroda(up 0.35 per cent), Federal Bank Ltd.(up 0.35 per cent) and Canara Bank(up 0.34 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

Shares of Mankind Pharma Ltd.(up 4.72 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.(up 4.45 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 3.06 per cent), Natco Pharma Ltd.(up 3.04 per cent) and Laurus Labs Ltd.(up 2.51 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

Coromandel International Ltd.(up 4.06%), The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(up 3.06%), Rama Phosphates Ltd.(up 2.62%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd.(up 2.37%), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.(up 2.13%), Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd.(up 1.95%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 1.93%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 1.74%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Ltd.(up 1.67%) and Aries Agro Ltd.(up 1.66%) stood among the top gainers.

Infra.Market has secured Rs 1,050 crore in its pre-IPO funding round as it is gearing up for a public listing later in the year, according to a regulatory filing with the Registrar of Companies (RoC). With this funding round, the company's estimated valuation has reached Rs 24,147 crore. The round witnessed participation from several prominent investors, including Tiger Global, Evolvence, Foundamental GmbH, Ashish Kacholia, Nikhil Kamath, Abhijit Pai, Sumeet Kanwar, Nuvama and CapriGlobal.

BEIJING — China is emphasizing its willingness to negotiate as increased tariffs on exports to the United States may soon become a reality.

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shares were flat on Thursday, hovering below a record high touched in the previous session, as a drop in technology shares offset gains in telecom and utilities, while investors assessed a mixed set of corporate earnings. The pan-European STOXX 600 was little changed as of 0825 GMT. The benchmark hit an all-time intraday high on Wednesday.

promotions in a slowing car market. Hyundai, which together with affiliate Kia is the world's third-biggest automaker by sales, reported operating profit of 2.8 trillion won ($1.95 billion) for October-December, compared with 3.4 trillion won in the same period a year earlier.

Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) on Thursday said that its board of directors, in its meeting on January 23, has approved fundraising of up to Rs 5,000 crore in a fresh equity share issue through a Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP). The company disclosed this development in an exchange filing. IREDA shares were trading 1.5% lower at Rs 197.20 on the BSE following the announcement. The stock has seen significant fluctuations, declining nearly 27% over the past six months but gaining over 32% in the last 12 months.

In a stock exchange notice today (23 January), the board of TENT said that the liquidation of the trust will entail an initial cash distribution of approximately £43m, or 42.99p per share. If the liquidation is approved by shareholders, TENT's shares will be fully removed from trading on the London Stock Exchange at 8:00am on 25 February, with plans to fully wind down the trust by the final quarter of 2026. Over 90% of UK investment trusts ended 2024 on a discount However, if TENT's liquidation is not approved, the board will put forward a £42m tender offer to buy back the sha...

Japan saw record-high exports last year, as its annual trade deficit declined 44% from the previous year

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Wipro surged 5% on Thursday to Rs 324.55 on the BSE, buoyed by sustained optimism following strong third-quarter earnings from the IT services giant. Broader enthusiasm for Indian IT stocks, which tracked a global tech rally driven by the U.S.'s $500 billion AI investment push, fueled a 2% rise in the Nifty IT index, further lifting sentiment. Wipro reported a 24% year-on-year growth in consolidated net profit for the quarter ended December 31, 2024, reaching Rs 3,354 crore. Revenue from operations rose marginally by 0.5% to Rs 22,319 crore during the December quarter. Sequentially, profit after tax (PAT) increased by nearly 5%, while revenue edged up 0.1% in Q3FY25.

Healthcare stocks rallied on Thursday as Dr Lal Pathlabs and Aurobindo Pharma surged over 2% after CLSA upgraded their ratings to “outperform.” In contrast, Dr Reddy's Laboratories dropped 1% following a downgrade to «underperform.» The Nifty Healthcare Index advanced 0.6%, reflecting overall bullish sentiment in the sector.

«As far as your fundamentals or numbers or visibility is concerned, there is no big change in stance as far as IT services is concerned. Now, you can say they are actually dancing to the tunes of what happens in US today because that from the last 10-15 days that has become the most important narrative,» says Amnish Aggarwal, Prabhudas Lilladher. You have a very strong association with the FMCG sector. You have tracked the sector for years now before you took over this new role. What do you make of HUL numbers? Amnish Aggarwal: So, the numbers I would not say that there was anything big negative or positive in that because there are a few factors which are structural and a few factors which are cyclical.