Market LIVE: Sensex ends 600 pts up from day’s low, Nifty settles at 9,568; HDFC, ITC among top contributors

Share Market News Today | Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 turned positive in the late afternoon deals on Friday. Nifty 50 index reclaimed 9,500-mark to trade at 9,521

Share Market News Today | Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: Domestic equity market benchmarks BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 turned positive in late afternoon deals on Friday ahead of the release of GDP data for January-March quarter of 2019-20 (Q4FY20) and April core sector data. The 30-share Sensex was trading at 32,286.28, up 85.69 points or 0.27 per cent. While the broader Nifty50 index was ruling 50 points or 0.52 per cent higher at 9,539.90. Among Sensex top gainers were ONGC, ITC, Bajaj-Auto, Nestle India and Hero MotoCorp. While the Infosys led the pack losers on the index. Bharti Airtel, Axis Bank, TCS and Tata Steel were among other laggards. Except Nifty IT index, all the sectoral indices were trading in positive territory. Nifty FMCG and Nifty Pharma gained 2.47 per cent and 2.40 per cent, respectively.

Alphabet Inc’s Google is considering acquiring a stake in Vodafone Group Plc’s struggling Indian business, the Financial Times reported, joining Facebook Inc in investing in the world’s fastest-growing mobile arena. Google may take a stake of about 5% in Vodafone Idea, a partnership between the UK telecom carrier and the Aditya Birla Group, though the deliberations are at a very early state, the FT cited people familiar with the matter as saying.

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