It has been one of the most interesting times in the Indian stock markets as they have been making new records touching some new highs. Sensex and Nifty closed the near the high point of the day and also on a new life time high. Nifty was up 90 points inching towards 5000 mark. Sensex scored over 280 points breaching 16,800 mark. 

Big records were made in today's session as Open Interest has hit 1 lakh crore mark. This will be the biggest series ever rolled over on Thursday. Even in terms of overall turnover we hit an alltime high.

India outperformed Asian peers with markets like Hang Seng ending with moderate gains. Europe was a little tenative and is trading almost flat. Today's top gainers were energy and bank stocks.

Reliance group of stocks were buzzing and rallied to new highs. The most mysterious being RNRL up at Rs 93.80, along with Rel Energy, Rel Ind, Reliance Capital and Rel Petroleum.

Markets surge: Rel Energy, NTPC, Rel Petro surge

Markets are trading strong with hefty gains ahead of the India Pakistan final match. Today's top gainers are energy and bank stocks. Among the top gainers in the energy pack are Reliance Energy, Reliance Petro, Reliance and Petro LNG.

However, technology stocks are still trading lower on selling pressure due to strong rupee, which is trading at a new nine year high of 39.78 per dollar.

At 14.26 hrs IST, the Sensex is up 227.61 points or 1.37% at 16791.84, and the Nifty up 82.30 points or 1.70% at 4919.85.

About 1459 shares have advanced, 1504 shares declined, and 69 shares are unchanged.

Reliance Energy, BHEL, ICICI Bank, Tata Steel, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Petroleum and GAIL are top gainers while Infosys, Ambuja Cements, ITC and Sun Pharma top losers.

The BSE Oil & Gas Index gained 2.4% as buying is seen in RNRL, Reliance Petro, GAIL, Petronet LNG, HPCL, ONGC and RIL.

Metal stocks namely Jindal Steel, SAIL, Tata Steel, JSW Steel, Sterlite and Nalco also surged. The BSE Metal Index up 1.5%.

Banking stocks are also in the limelight since last week, the Bankex up 1.7%. ICICI Bank, OBC, PNB, HDFC Bank and CBoP gained.

 BSE Capital Goods Index surged 1.4%. However, BSE IT Index plunged 1.6%.

HDFC rose 0.7%. The company will cut interest rates on new home loans by 50 bps from Tuesday.

17 lakh DCB shares change hands on BSE, NSE at Rs 108.50/sh. The stock is up 5%.

Fertilizer stocks like RCF, Chambal Fertilisers, GNFC, Deepak Fertilisers, National Fert are also trading higher. 

Market trades strong: Energy, bank stocks surge

The markets have continued to build up further on their gains and are trading firm at the higher levels. Energy stocks continue to hog the limelight. Among the top gainers in the energy pack are Reliance Energy, Reliance Petro, Reliance and Petro LNG.

However, technology stocks are still trading lower on selling pressure due to strong rupee, which is trading at Rs 39.82 per dollar.

At 12.54 hrs IST, the Sensex is up 176.85 points or 1.07% at 16741.08, and the Nifty up 65.75 points or 1.36% at 4903.30.

About 1485 shares have advanced, 1471 shares declined, and 76 shares are unchanged.

Reliance Energy, BHEL, ICICI Bank, Tata Steel, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Petroleum and GAIL are top gainers while Infosys, Ambuja Cements, ITC and Sun Pharma top losers.

The BSE Oil & Gas Index gained 2.4% as buying is seen in RNRL, Reliance Petro, GAIL, Petronet LNG, HPCL, ONGC and RIL.

Metal stocks namely Jindal Steel, SAIL, Tata Steel, JSW Steel, Sterlite and Nalco also surged. The BSE Metal Index up 1.5%.

Banking stocks are also in the limelight since last week, the Bankex up 1.7%. ICICI Bank, OBC, PNB, HDFC Bank and CBoP gained.

 BSE Capital Goods Index surged 1.4%. However, BSE IT Index plunged 1.6%.

HDFC rose 0.7%. The company will cut interest rates on new home loans by 50 bps from Tuesday.

17 lakh DCB shares change hands on BSE, NSE at Rs 108.50/sh. The stock is up 5%.

Fertilizer stocks like RCF, Chambal Fertilisers, GNFC, Deepak Fertilisers, National Fert are also trading higher. 

Market firm: Rel Energy, BHEL, ICICI Bk, Rel Petro surge

Market is witnessing buying interest as oil, banking, capital goods and metal stocks leading the rally. However, technology stocks are still trading lower on selling pressure due to strong rupee, which is trading at Rs 39.82 per dollar.

At 11:42 am, the Sensex was up 139 points at 16,703 and the Nifty up 52 points 4,890.

The BSE Midcap also gained 1% with support from RNRL, United Breweries, Reliance Infra, ING and Ispat Industries.

About 1475 shares have advanced, 1473 shares declined, and 83 shares are unchanged.

Reliance Energy, BHEL, ICICI Bank, Tata Steel, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Petroleum and GAIL are top gainers while Infosys, Ambuja Cements, ITC and Sun Pharma top losers.

Fertilizer stocks like RCF, Chambal Fertilisers, GNFC, Deepak Fertilisers, National Fert are also trading higher. 

Market gives up early gains; Oil, banks still strong

Market has gave up some gains and trading near to its intraday low though trading in green. Oil and banking stocks are still in good momentum even though oil stocks lost some gain due to profit booking. Power stocks also charged up. 

At 10:45 am, the Sensex was up 72 points at 16,636 and the Nifty up 34 points at 4,872. Nifty September Future is trading at premium of 3.95 points.

About 1538 shares have advanced, 1408 shares declined, and 85 shares are unchanged.

Both Reliance group stocks are still strong like Reliance Petroleum up 5.7%, Reliance Energy up 3% and they are also at the top of the list of most active shares.

Reliance Energy, ICICI Bank, Maruti, GAIL, Reliance Petro and Tata Power are the top gainers while Infosys, Grasim, Ambuja Cements and ITC top losers.

The BSE Oil & Gas Index gained 1.4% as buying is seen in RNRL, Reliance Petro, GAIL, Petronet LNG, HPCL, ONGC and RIL.

Metal stocks namely Jindal Steel, SAIL, Tata Steel, JSW Steel, Sterlite and Nalco also surged. The BSE Metal Index up 1%.

Banking stocks are also in the limelight since last week, the Bankex up 1.5%. ICICI Bank, OBC, PNB, HDFC Bank and CBoP gained.

HDFC rose 0.47%. The company will cut interest rates on new home loans by 50 bps from Tuesday.

Markets trading higher: Oil leads rally

Market is trading strong on account of strong buying interest in reliance group companies, oil, banking and metal stocks.

At 10:26 am, the Sensex was up 123.55 points at 16,687.78 and the Nifty up 43 points at 4,880.

The BSE Midcap gained 64 points and Small Cap up 60 points.

About 1675 shares have advanced, 1282 shares declined, and 74 shares are unchanged.

Reliance Energy, ICICI Bank, Reliance Industries, Reliance Petroleum and GAIL are top gainers on the bourses while Infosys, ITC and Ambuja Cements top losers.

The BSE Oil & Gas Index surged 2.4% as inclusions like Reliance up 2.9%, Reliance Petroleum up 6.5% and ONGC up 1.05%.

RNRL, Reliance Petroleum and Reliance Communications are the most active stocks.

However, IT Index declined over 1% with selling in Infosys, HCL Tech, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, TCS, Satyam and MphasiS.

Markets strong in opening trade: Banks, Oil rally

Markets continued its upward journey for the first day of F&O expiry week after closing the earlier week on strong note on the back of strong buying in banking, oil, metal and realty stocks. 

At 9:59 am, the Sensex was up 238 points at 16,802 and Nifty up 72 points at 4,909.

Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, Reliance Communications and Bharti Airtel are top gainers. SBI, Infosys, Satyam, TCS, NTPC and ONGC are among the major gainers.

NTPC gained 1.87% at Rs 191 as against its previous close on the news that the stock has made entry into Nifty Fifty Index and CNX 100 in place of Dabur India today.

RNRL and Reliance Petroleum has maintained momentum, surged 17% and 9%, respectively.

Asian indices advanced today. Hong Kong's Hang Seng surged 0.84% or 218.06 points at 26,061.84. Singapore's Straits Times gained 1.66% or 58.86 points at 3,601.08.

Wall Street ended higher. Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 53 points.

Market cues

• FIIs net buy USD 399.2 mn in equity on Sep 20
• MFs net sell Rs 233.4 crore (Rs 2.33 billion) in equity on Sep 20
• NSE F&O Open Interest up by Rs 2,165 crore (Rs 21.65 billion) at Rs 93,414 crore (Rs 934.14 billion)

F&O cues

• Marketwide rollover at 22.5%, Nifty rollover at 24%
• Futures Open Interest up by Rs 807 crore (Rs 8.07 billion), Options Open Interest up by Rs 1,358 crore (Rs 13.58 billion)
• Nifty Sep Futures shed 34 lakh shares in Open Interest
• Nifty Oct Futures add 30 lakh shares in Open Interest
• Nifty Sep at 15-point premium, Oct at 5-point discount
• Nifty Open Int Put-Call ratio at 1.68 Vs 1.71
• Nifty Puts add 14 lakh shares in Open Interest
• Nifty Calls add 12 lakh shares in Open Interest
• Nifty 4800 Put adds 5.3 lakh shares in Open Interest
• Nifty 4900 Put adds 4 lakh shares in Open Interest
• Nifty 4700 Put adds 3.9 lakh shares in Open Interest
• Nifty 4500 Put sheds 4 lakh shares in Open Interest
• Nifty 4900 Call adds 6.5 lakh shares in Open Interest
• Nifty 5000 Call adds 5.8 lakh shares in Open Interest
• Nifty 4900 Call adds 5 lakh shares in Open Interest 
• Nifty 4700 Call sheds 3.9 lakh shares in Open Interest
• Nifty 4600 Call sheds 3 lakh shares in Open Interest