Indian shares were a tad higher in early trade Wednesday despite weakness in other Asian markets.
The benchmark BSE Sensex edged up 80 points, or 0.1 percent, to 61,431 while the broader NSE Nifty index was up 21 points, or 0.1 percent, at 18,289.
Asian Paints jumped as much as 5.5 percent on the price hike buzz.
Axis Bank tumbled 3.7 percent despite the private sector lender posting its highest ever quarterly profit and showing improvement on the asset quality front.
Maruti Suzuki rose half a percent on reports that its output is likely to near normal levels in November.
Union Bank of India edged up slightly after reducing home loan rates.
Bajaj Finance lost 3 percent despite reporting a 53 percent jump in Q2 profit.
Dr Lal Path Labs fell nearly 2 percent after it acquired Suburban Diagnostics in an all-cash deal for an enterprise value of Rs 925 crore.
IRB Infrastructure Developers plunged 7 percent on fund raising reports.
Cadila Heathcare rose about 1 percent on news that Zydus Cadila’s Covid-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D will be rolled out in the public immunisation program within weeks.
Sensex, Nifty Marginally Higher In Early Trade
2021-10-27 04:19:20
