Indian Equities End Higher on Thursday on Increasing Hope of US Rate Cut

MT Newswires Live08-22

Indian indices extended their winning run to a sixth day on Thursday amid the rising likelihood of a US rate cut.

Both BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 gained, mirroring upbeat global market sentiment, after the minutes from the latest US Fed meeting indicated an interest rate cut in September.

At close, the Sensex jumped 147.89 points, or, 0.2%, to 81,053.19, while the Nifty 50 climbed 41.30 points, or also 0.2%, to 24,811.50.

Grasim Industries (NSE:GRASIM, BOM:500300) emerged as the top gainer on Thursday, with shares rising 3%, followed by Tata Consumer Products (NSE:TATACONSUM, BOM:500800) and Bharti Airtel (NSE:BHARTIARTL, BOM:532454).

Conversely, Tata Motors (NSE:TATAMOTORS, BOM:500570), Wipro (NSE:WIPRO, BOM:507685) and NTPC (NSE:NTPC, BOM:532555) were the top laggards.

In corporate news, GAIL (India) (NSE:GAIL, BOM:532155) has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Petron Scientech to explore jointly setting up a 500,000 tons per annum (KTA) bio-ethylene plant along with its downstream units in India, according to a Thursday filing with the stock exchanges.

Meanwhile, Central Bank of India (NSE:CENTRALBK, BOM:532885) entered into a co-lending partnership with non-banking finance company Piramal Capital and Housing Finance to offer loan against property for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and home loans at competitive rates, according to a Thursday filing with the bourses.

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