The Indian equity indices opened on a lower note in the early morning trading session on Tuesday, October 3. The Sensex was down 334.34 points or 0.51 percent at 65,494.07, and the Nifty was down 106.20 points or 0.54 percent at 19,532.10.
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Eicher Motors, ONGC, Hindalco Industries, Tata Consumer and SBI Life Insurance were among major losers on the Nifty, while gainers were M&M, Adani Ports, UltraTech Cement, Asian Paints and BPCL.
The Indian indices ended on a higher note on September 29 with Nifty above 19,600. At close, Sensex closed at 65,828.41, up 320 points, or 0.49%, while Nifty closed the day at 19,638.30, up 115 points, or 0.59%. BSE Midcap index rose 1.3 percent and BSE Smallcap index up 0.6 percent.
Major gainers on the Nifty included Hindalco Industries, NTPC, Hero MotoCorp, Dr Reddy's Laboratories and Tata Motors, while losers were Adani Enterprises, LTIMindtree, HCL Technologies, Tech Mahindra and Infosys.
Among sectors, except Information Technology, all other sectoral indices ended in the green with metal, power, oil & gas, PSU Bank and healthcare indices up 1-3% each.
On the other hand, Indian Rupee opened 17 paise lower at 83.21 per dollar on Tuesday against Friday's close of 83.04.
Top stocks to watch out today —
Vedanta
The company remains in focus today as it plans to demerge its business units in six independent listed companies.
Bharti Airtel
The shares of Airtel will be in spotlight as it witnessed its 5G subscribers expanding to 50 million in just 12 months.
Coal India
The company reported its September offtake up by 12.6% at 55.10 mt year-on-year (YoY).
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TVS Motor
TVS Motors recorded an increase in total sales by 6% YoY at 4.02 lakh units, which is reportedly more than Nomura estimates.
M&M
Mahindra and Mahindra reported 20% up in SUV sales, however, tractor sales down by 11% YoY.