The Indian equity indices opened on a higher note on October 5, Thursday, with Nifty above 19,500. The Sensex was up 327.58 points or 0.50% at 65,553.62, and the Nifty was up 98.60 points or 0.51% at 19,534.70.
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BPCL, Asian Paints, TCS, Hero MotoCorp and Infosys were among major gainers on the Nifty, while losers were Power Grid Corporation, Divis Labs, Axis Bank, SBI Life Insurance and HDFC Life.
The Indian equity indices ended lower for the second consecutive session on October 4 with Nifty below 19,450. At close, the Sensex was down 286.06 points or 0.44 percent at 65,226.04, and the Nifty was down 92.70 points or 0.47 percent at 19,436.10.
Biggest losers on the Nifty were Axis Bank, SBI, IndusInd Bank, NTPC and UltraTech Cement, while gainers included Adani Enterprises, Nestle India, HUL, Eicher Motors and HDFC Bank.
Among sectors, except FMCG and Information Technology, all other indices ended lower with auto, capital goods, power, PSU bank, capital goods, healthcare, metal, realty down 1-3 percent.
On the other hand, Indian Rupee opened flat at 83.21 per dollar on Thursday versus Wednesday's close of 83.23.
Top stocks to watch today —
Hero Moto
The company reported 13,688 bookings for Karizma XMR and deliveries are all set to commence this month.
ONGC
The stock to remain in focus as crude sees a sharp fall Brent hover month low of $86/bbl.
L&T Finance
The company reported a rise in retail disbursement by 31.80%, Retail AUM up 33.40% year-on-year (YoY).
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IEX
IEX reported a rise in total volumes by 13% in September, DAM Avg clearing price up by 11% YoY.
Marico
The company to remain in limelight today as it expects a robust gross margin expansion, Q2 volume grew in low-single digits YoY.