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Indian Indices: Indian equity benchmarks continued their firm trade in late afternoon session on the back of positive cues from European counterparts and healthy buying in Telecom, Banking and Metal stocks. Hopes of timely implementation of goods and services tax (GST) and sustained foreign fund inflows also boosted the domestic sentiments. 

Investors remained optimistic with the private report that manufacturing improved in March after a three month decline, while various government measures are likely to push up activity in the infrastructure sector going forward. The yearly SBI Composite Index bounced back to above 50-mark level to 50.3 after 3-months of decline. Besides, the monthly index has also improved to 53.3 in March, from 49.2 in February. Some support also came with Revenue Secretary HasmukhAdhia’s statement that GST will not only usher in a transparent tax system thereby reducing cascading of taxes, but will also result in reduction of prices for consumers and broaden the tax base in the country.

The BSE Sensex is currently closed at 29,409.52, up by 172.37 points or 0.59% after trading in a range of 29301.22 and 29442.18. There were 21 stocks advancing against 9 stocks declining on the index.The broader indices were trading in green; the BSE Mid cap index was up by 0.71%, while Small cap index was up by 0.75%.

The CNX Nifty is currently shut up at 9,100.80 up by 55.60 points or 0.61% after trading in a range of 9080.80 and 9109.75. There were 39 stocks advancing against 12 stocks declining on the index.

Crporate Front: In a response to allegations raised in some newspapers regarding LED bulb distribution, Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) a company under the administrative control of Ministry of Power has strongly refuted the claims, stating it is false, misleading and devoid of any facts. Dismissing the allegations, EESL has stated that LED bulbs are procured by the company in the most transparent and professional manner.

Macroeconomic front: The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) and global think-tank OECD are jointly organising a seminar to assess India's FDI regime and find ways to further improve the ease of doing business, reported PTI. The international seminar on April 5 is also aimed at analysing the business climate of the country to further facilitate domestic as well as foreign investments.

On the global front:

On the global front, European markets were trading in green as financial services stocks and car-makers edged higher against a backdrop of rising oil prices. Besides, investors moved on from health-care disappointment. Asian markets were also trading in green. Back home, in scrip specific development, Bank of Baroda traded higher after the bank entered into memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Jain Irrigation Systems, with an objective to finance the Micro Irrigation systems i.e. drip and sprinkler irrigation sold by the company through the network of Bank of Baroda branches across the country.

Commodity Updates:

Top Sectoral& Stock Screening:The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Telecom up by 0.98%, Metal up by 0.75%, Bankex up by 0.75%, Basic Materials up by 0.74% and TECK up by 0.66%, while Oil & Gas down by 0.35% and Energy down by 0.31% were the only losing indices on BSE.

Top Nifty Movers:The top gainers on Nifty were Axis Bank up by 2.51%, Tata Motors - DVR up by 2.03%, HDFC up by 1.95%, Zee Entertainment up by 1.81% and BhartiInfratel up by 1.76%. On the flip side, Tech Mahindra down by 2.94%, ONGC down by 0.98%, Hero MotoCorp down by 0.70%, GAIL India down by 0.53% and Kotak Mahindra Bank down by 0.46% were the top losers.

Global Signals:

Asian markets were trading mostly in green; FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI increased 5.35 points or 0.31% to 1,750.30, KOSPI Index increased 7.65 points or 0.35% to 2,163.31, Hang Seng increased 152.17 points or 0.63% to 24,345.87 and Nikkei 225 increased 217.28 points or 1.14% to 19,202.87. On the flip side, Shanghai Composite decreased 14.01 points or 0.43% to 3,252.95 and Taiwan Weighted decreased 0.32 points or 0% to 9,876.45.

European markets were trading mostly in green; UK’s FTSE 100 increased 0.86 points or 0.01% to 7,294.36 and Germany’s DAX increased 62.85 points or 0.52% to 12,058.92. On the flip side, France’s CAC decreased 5.37 points or 0.11% to 5,012.06.