Firm global cues lift Indian equity indices
Mumbai, June 12: Positive global cues including strong Asian markets and the historic meet between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un lifted the key Indian equity indices on Tuesday afternoon.
According to market analysts, healthy buying was witnessed in healthcare, banking and capital goods stocks. However, caution ahead of the release of key inflation data later in the day limited the gains, they said.
At 12.27 p.m., the broader Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) traded at 10,847.50 points -- up by 60.55 points or 0.56 per cent -- from its previous close of 10,786.95 points.
The barometer 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), which had opened at 35,525.30 points, traded at 35,708.66 points (12.30 p.m.) -- higher by 225.19 points or 0.63 per cent -- from its previous session's close of 35,483.47 points.
Sensex has so far touched a high of 35,713.76 points and a low of 35,479.07 points during the intra-day trade. The BSE market breadth was bullish with 1,361 advances and 1,038 declines so far.
The top gainers on the Sensex were Dr Reddy's Lab, ITC, State Bank of India (SBI), Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Sun Pharma whereas Power Grid, Coal India, Bharti Airtel, Tata Steel and NTPC were the major losers.
On the NSE, Dr Reddy's Lab, Lupin and Cipla were the highest gainers while Coal India, Power Grid and Grasim Industries lost the most.
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PM Modi, myself don't have 'wife issue': Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi (PTI): In a friendly banter, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and he didn’t have "the wife issue", as the Congress MP emphasised that everyone has learnt from women in their lives.
Participating in a debate in the Lok Sabha on the three bills introduced for amendments to the women's quota law and setting up a delimitation commission, Gandhi said women are a driving force in the national imagination and national perspective.
"All of us in this room have been influenced, taught, and have learnt a lot from women in our lives – from mothers, sisters, wives," Gandhi said.
"Of course, the prime minister and myself don't have the wife issue, so we don't get that input, but we have our mothers and sisters," he said while referring to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju's light-hearted remark that he got a scolding at home as he did not pen a poem for his wife like Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal did.
Gandhi also lauded his sister and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi's speech in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
"Yesterday, I was watching my sister achieve in five minutes what I have not been able to do in 20 years of my political career – make Amit Shah Ji smile," Gandhi said to peals of laughter.
