Stock Market Highlights: Indian indices ended lower on Monday due to the massive slip in the bank index after a month or so. At close, Sensex ended 194 points to 37,935 while the Nifty index ended at 11,132, down 62 points. Broader indexes underperformed the benchmarks, Nifty Midcap100 and Nifty Smallcap100 indexes ended 1.32 percent and 0.60 percent lower respectively. Nifty Bank index remained the worst-performing index of the day, down 3.59 percent followed by Nifty Financials and Nifty Pharma. Nifty IT and Nifty Metal indexes were the only ones to end in the green, with former up 2 percent higher.  Asian Paints, HCL Technologies, Infosys, UltraTech Cement and TCS were the Nifty50 top gainers while ICICI Bank, Zee Entertainment, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank and IndusInd Bank were the index top losers.  

The Indian market is likely to open higher on Tuesday following gains in Asian peers as investors continue to monitor developments over coronavirus vaccine. At 7:00 am, the SGX Nifty was trading 74.50 points or 0.67 percent higher at 11,193.00, indicating a positive start for the Sensex and Nifty50.

The Indian market is likely to open higher Tuesday following gains in Asian peers as investors continue to monitor developments over coronavirus vaccine. At 8:00 am, the SGX Nifty was trading 67.00 points or 0.60 percent higher at 11,185.50, indicating a positive start for the Sensex and Nifty50.

The Indian market is expected to open higher on Tuesday following gains in Asian peers as investors continue to monitor developments over coronavirus vaccine. At 7:42 am, the SGX Nifty traded 52 points higher at 11,169, indicating a positive start for the Sensex and the Nifty50.