Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: GIFT Nifty indicates a positive start on weekly expiry, Crude oil prices fall

#CNBCTV18Market| #Bernstein‘s outperform call on #MuthootFin: Target price at ₹2,500/sh. Posted solid AUM growth of 37% for FY25, supported by a sharp rally in #gold prices pic.twitter.com/7MMN9y4z3p

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#CNBCTV18Market | #Jefferies‘ buy call on #MuthootFin: Target price at ₹2,660/sh, Q4 PAT above estimates, on lower provision. Higher gold prices should cushion the drag from potentially tighter LTV norms & support healthy growth. See 21% profit CAGR & RoE of 20% in FY25-27 pic.twitter.com/QivANVdTBh

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Citi’s buy call on Jubilant Food: Target price at ₹805/sh. For FY26, mgmt guided 250/30 Domino’s/Popeyes store additions in India.#CNBCTV18Market | #Citi‘s buy call on #JubilantFood: Target price at ₹805/sh. For FY26, mgmt guided 250/30 #Domino’s/#Popeyes store addition in India pic.twitter.com/4X8gNliNnL

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The Japanese markets are having a day of decline. The marquee Nikkei 225 index dipped by over 448.66 points, or 1.18%, taking the overall value to 37,679.47. Meanwhile, the TOPIX dipped to 2,734.47, shrinking by 28.82 points or 1.04%.

Thursday Trade

Mixed session on Wall Street, with tech stocks continuing to be in the lead.

Nasdaq up 0.7% on Wednesday; Up 6.8% so far this week

Geopolitics in focus: Russia – Ukraine to hold talks in Turkey Today

US lifts sanctions on Syria; Meets interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa

US yields inch higher; 10 year at 4.5%

US producer price index, retail sales and industrial production data in focus tonight

Dollar range bound; DXY range between 100.5 to 101.8

The Indian market sees consolidation in the large-cap space as flows turn mixed.

Broader market continues upmove with focus on earnings

Eicher Motors Q4: Revenue & PAT beat but margin lower than est (declines 150 bps)

Jubilant Food Q4: Strong performance ; Revenue & EBITDA grow 19%

Hitachi Energy: Strong operational performance & margin expansion

Bank Nifty underperformance & flows a key watch point

Tactical FPI shift to China in near term remains a potential overhang.

Defence stocks have gained ₹1.2 lakh crore in market value over the past 12 trading days.

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Wall Street takes a breather, S&P 500 ekes out a 0.1% gain

WTD: S&P up 4.1%, Dow up 1.9%, Nasdaq up 6.8%

Nasdaq surges 0.7%, supported by Tech giants

Nvidia and Tesla up 16%

Meta up 11.3%

Amazon and Alphabet up 8%

Nvidia turns positive for 2025

Since April 9th, Nasdaq is up 25%, S&P up 18% and dow up 12%

Positive results from Eicher Motor, Jubilant Food, Tata Power, and Muthoot Finance to lift sentiment

Seen an Earning miss from Apollo Tyres

Both FII and DII were buyers in the cash market

DII Net Buy 316.31 Cr in Cash ( 13,602.99 – 13,286.68 Cr)

FII Net Buy 931.80 Cr in Cash ( 14,861.07 – 3,929.27 Cr)

What to watch in US PPI: Retail sales and industrial production numbers for April, and weekly jobless claims

Jerome Powell’s speech in Washington is unlikely to be consequential in terms of rate cut guidance

Today is NIFTY50 Weekly Contracts Expiry

Results today: CESC, Crompton Consumer, JSW Energy, LIC Housing Finance, NCC, Page Industries, Patanjali Foods, PB Fintech

Tata Power’s shares will be in focus today. The energy company’s consolidated net profit for the March quarter rose to ₹1,362 crore from ₹1,071 crore a year earlier, exceeding a CNBC-TV18 poll estimate of ₹1,197 crore.

Revenue grew 23.1% to ₹5,241 crore, above the expected ₹5,021 crore. However, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose 11.4% to ₹1,258 crore, slightly below the estimated ₹1,285 crore.#NewsFlash | #GenesysIntl to raise up to ₹110 cr via #QIP, indicative price at ₹632.32/sh. Indicative price is at a 13% discount to CMP & 5.00% to #SEBI floor price of ₹665/sh, sources tp @nimeshscnbc pic.twitter.com/8mXR6aWVNi

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The GIFT Nifty is higher, trading at a premium of more than 40 pts from the Nifty Futures Wednesday close.#CNBCTV18Market | #GIFTNifty higher, trading at a premium of more than 40 pts from Nifty Futures Wednesday close, indicates a start in green for the Indian market pic.twitter.com/jD5KZUQ2nk

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