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Stocks to Buy :ICICI Bank,Yes Bank, L&T Top Gainers;Sensex, Nifty Trade Higher

Yes Bank shares gained by more than 2% to Rs 218.10, while ICICI Bank shares are up 342.15, to emerge among the top Sensex gainers.



Sensex, Nifty Trade higher: Sensex, Nifty Swing In Open Indian equity benchmarks traded higher after fluctuating between gains and losses in the open. The S&P BSE Sensex Index traded 0.2 per cent higher at 35,570 as of 9:17 a.m. and the NSE Nifty 50 Index traded at 10,658.40, up 0.19 per cent. The market breadth was tilted in favour of buyers. About 755 stocks advanced and 604 shares declined on National Stock 

Gainers include Jet Airways, Ambuja Cements, Dr Reddy's Lab, Sun Pharma, Grasim, JSW Steel, Hindalco, Emami, while losers are Indiabulls Housing, Wipro, HDFC, Adani Port and IDFC.

Market at pre-open: Benchmark indices are mixed in in the pre-opening trading with Nifty holding above 10,600. At 09:02 hrs IST, the Sensex is up 96.03 points or 0.27% at 35594.47, and the Nifty down 13.70 points or 0.13% at 10627.30. Emami, Tata Motors, Yes Bank are trading with marginal gains in the pre-opening session.

Rupee Update: The rupee weakened by 11 paise to end 71.34 against the US dollar on Monday amid firming crude oil prices and persistent foreign fund outflows.

Crude update: Brent crude oil prices eased away from 2019 highs on Tuesday on caution that economic growth may dent fuel demand this year, although supply cuts led by producer cartel OPEC still meant markets were relatively tight.

Shares of Emami were trading around 3 per cent higher in the early trade as the Agarwal and Goenka families - promoters in Emami Ltd - have sold 10 per cent of their stakes for Rs 1,600 crore to pare the debts of other Group companies like Emami Cement, Emami Power and others.


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