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Markets continue to trade in fine-fettle in late afternoon deals
Apr-15-2026

Indian equity markets continued trade higher in late afternoon session amid renewed hopes of de-escalation in West Asia after US President Donald Trump hinted a new round of talks with Iran. Further, investors remained optimistic after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected that India’s economy is likely grow at 6.5% in 2027. It also noted that growth for 2026 has been moderately revised upward by 0.3% points (and by 0.1% point compared to the January estimate) to 6.5%. On the global front, Asian equity markets were trading mostly in green tracking positive cues from Wall Street overnight. European equity markets were trading mostly in red as investors weighed mixed earnings results and warning from the International Monetary Fund that the ongoing conflict involving Iran has decelerated global economic momentum.

The BSE Sensex is currently trading at 78105.48, up by 1257.91 points or 1.64% after trading in a range of 77849.52 and 78270.42. There were 27 stocks advancing against 3 stocks declining on the index.

The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Industrials up by 2.87%, IT up by 2.74%, Power up by 2.67%, Consumer Durables up by 2.67%, Capital Goods up by 2.48%. Meanwhile, there were no gainers on BSE sectoral index.

The top gainers on the Sensex were Interglobe Aviation up by 4.92%, Eternal up by 4.55%, Power Grid Corporation up by 3.38%, TCS up by 3.17% and Larsen & Toubro up by 3.11%. On the flip side, Bharti Airtel down by 0.59%, ICICI Bank down by 0.21% and Axis Bank down by 0.05% were the few losers.

Meanwhile, India's wholesale price index (WPI) inflation accelerated further in the month of March 2026 at 3.88% as compared to 2.13% in February 2026, driven by firming prices of crude petroleum & natural gas, amid ongoing tensions in West Asia.

The component wise, primary articles index, having weight of 22.62%, increased by 2.28% from 192.9 (provisional) for the month of February 2026 to 197.3 (provisional) in March 2026, on the back of sharp rise in prices of crude petroleum & natural gas and a slight surge in minerals prices. However, the prices of food articles and non- food articles decreased in March 2026 as compared to February 2026.

Fuel & Power index, having weight of 13.15%, increased by 4.13% from 147.6 (provisional) for the month of February 2026 to 153.7 (provisional) in March 2026, as the price of mineral oils increased sharply in March 2026. But, the Price of electricity decreased in March 2026 as compared to February 2026.

Further, Manufactured Products constituting the major portion of the index with weight of 64.23%, increased by 0.88% from 148.2 (provisional) for the month of February 2026 to 149.5 (provisional) in March 2026. Meanwhile, for the month of January 2026, the final Wholesale Price Index and inflation rate for 'All Commodities' (Base: 2011- 12=100) stood at 157.6 and 1.68% respectively.

The CNX Nifty is currently trading at 24234.65, up by 392.00 points or 1.64% after trading in a range of 24145.80 and 24280.90. There were 45 stocks advancing against 5 stocks declining on the index.

The top gainers on Nifty were Interglobe Aviation up by 5.01%, Eternal up by 4.62%, Max Healthcare Institute up by 3.96%, Hindalco up by 3.84% and Power Grid Corporation up by 3.41%. On the flip side, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories down by 1.47%, Bharti Airtel down by 0.61%, ONGC down by 0.26%, ICICI Bank down by 0.18% and Axis Bank down by 0.11% were the top losers.

Asian equity markets were trading mostly in green; Nikkei 225 surged 342.61 points or 0.59% to 58,220.00, Taiwan Weighted added 426.02 points or 1.16% to 36,722.14, Hang Seng advanced 125.68 points or 0.48% to 25,998.00, Shanghai Composite strengthened 0.58 points or 0.01% to 4,027.21, KOSPI increased 123.64 points or 2.03% to 6,091.39 and Straits Times rose 12.52 points or 0.25% to 5,020.09, while Jakarta Composite plunged 38.69 points or 0.51% to 7,637.26.

European equity markets were trading mostly in red; UK’s FTSE 100 decreased 2.76 points or 0.03% to 10,606.30 and France’s CAC fell 27.16 points or 0.33% to 8,300.70, while Germany’s DAX gained 33.78 points or 0.14% to 24,078.00.
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