Indian shares opened a tad higher on Tuesday despite mixed global cues. The benchmark 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 200 points, or 0.4 percent, to 53,149 in early trade, while the broader NSE Nifty index was up 49 points, or 0.3 percent, at 15,934.
Tata Motors climbed 1.2 percent on the price hike buzz.
Tejas Networks jumped 5 percent after Tata Sons arm Panatone Finvest picked up an 8 percent stake in the telecom equipment maker for over Rs 193 crore through an open market transaction.
Adani Ports and Adani Enterprises rose about 1 percent ahead of their earnings results.
Ajmera Realty & Infra rallied 3 percent. The company reported five-fold jump in consolidated net profit for the June quarter.
NCC gained more than 2 percent on news it has secured four new orders worth Rs 1,679 crore in July.
RBL Bank fell 2.2 percent after the lender posted a loss of Rs 459.47 crore for the June quarter due to higher provisions on account of higher slippages in unsecured retail portfolio.
NMDC was marginally lower despite announcing higher production figures for the April-July period of the ongoing financial year.
Shree Renuka Sugars plunged 5 percent on fund raising reports.
PNB edged down slightly despite reporting a 231 percent year-on-year jump in Q1 profit.
Sensex Tops 53K; Nifty Above 15,900
2021-08-03 04:16:18
