Samvat 2080 kickstarts on a high note for Dalal Street! Five factors that drove markets higher

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MUMBAI - Dalal Street welcomed Samvat 2080 in good spirits, as benchmark indices gained half a percentage points during the special Muhurat Trading session on Sunday...

On the eve of Diwali, four Nifty 50 stocks scaled fresh 52-week highs, and these are Coal India, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Power Grid Corporation of India, and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation...

Shares of public sector companies were leading investors preference list, as the S&P BSE PSU, and the CPSE index gained about 1% each..

BSE Ltd shares surged in trade and scaled a lifetime high as the exchange reported robust quarterly earnings, with the net profit rising multifold on the back of a healthy topline and operational performance...

Indian equities are expected to outperform most other global markets in the face of continued geopolitical uncertainties and relatively higher domestic economic growth..

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