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Stock Market LIVE: Sensex down 550 pts, Nifty below 24,400; Metal, Realty index slip 1%, Airtel 3%
12:03 PM
Stock Market LIVE Updates: 12 PM Market Update
Stock Market LIVE Updates: Benchmark equity indices continued to trade in red. At 12:00 PM, Nifty50 was trading at 24,430 levels, down by 166 points or 0.68 per cent. Whereas, BSE Sensex was trading at 80,068.94, down by over 550 points or 0.69 per cent.
From the Sensex pack, Bharti Airtel, Axis Bank, Tata Steel, Adani Ports and Kotak Mahindra Bank were among the top laggards.
11:53 AM
Stock Market LIVE Updates: Max Financial share rises 4% on healthy Q1 results; key numbers here
Stock Market LIVE Updates: Max Financial shares rose as much as 3.78 per cent to hit an intraday high of ₹1,563.45 per share on the last trading day of the week i.e. Friday, August 8, 2025.
Max Financial Services shares rose after the company reported a strong set of numbers for the June quarter of financial year 2026 (Q1FY26).
The company reported an 18 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) growth in consolidated revenue, excluding investment income. READ MORE
11:32 AM
Stock Market LIVE Updates: BSE shares drop 2% despite 'strong' Q1 results; what's spooking analysts?
Stock Market LIVE Updates: Shares of Asia's oldest bourse, BSE Ltd., fell over 2 per cent despite strong June quarter results, as analysts warned that it will likely lose derivatives market share from the expiry day swap.
The stock exchange's stock fell as much as 2.34 per cent during the day to ₹2,385 per share. The stock pared losses to trade 2.1 per cent lower at ₹2,388 apiece, compared to a 0.4 per cent advance in Nifty 50 as of 9:43 AM.
The bourse reported a 103.4 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) rise in net profit to ₹539 crore for the first quarter of the financial year 2026 (Q1FY26), compared with ₹265 crore in the same period last year. Sequentially, net profit was up 9.1 per cent. READ MORE
11:13 AM
Stock Market LIVE Updates: Kalpataru Projects International jumps 9% on posting 130% spike in PAT YoY
Stock Market LIVE Updates: Kalpataru Projects International shares jumped 8.7 per cent on Friday, August 8, 2025, and logged an intra-day high at ₹1,208.7 per share on BSE. The stock gained after the company posted Q1 results, after market hours on Thursday.
In Q1, the company posted nearly a three-fold jump in its consolidated net profit to ₹213.59 crore, as compared to ₹83.95 crore a year ago. Its total income rose to ₹6,187.52 crore in the quarter from ₹4,608.5 crore a year ago.
The company's consolidated revenue for Q1 FY26 grew by 35 per cent Y-o-Y to ₹6,171 crore. Its Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) increased by 39 per cent Y-o-Y to ₹525 crore and Ebitda margin came in at 8.5 per cent. READ MORE
10:52 AM
Stock Market LIVE Updates: Nifty Realty index falls over 1 per cent
Stock Market LIVE Updates: At 10:50 AM, the Nifty Realy index was trading 1.3 per cent down at 881.45 per cent. All the index constituents were trading in red led by Sobha Realty, Godrej Properties, Prestige Estates. Oberoi Realty, and Phoenix, falling in the range of 1 to 5 per cent.
10:31 AM
Stock Market LIVE Updates: VIP Industries shares slip 4% post weak Q1 nos; here's analysts takeaway
Stock Market LIVE Updates: VIP Industries, which offers products under the categories of luggage, backpacks, and homebags, shares slipped 3.8 per cent on Friday, August 8, 2025, and logged an intra-day low at ₹432.75 per share on BSE. In Q1, the luggage manufacturer reported a consolidated net loss of ₹13 as compared to a net profit of ₹4 crore year-on-year (Y-o-Y). READ MORE
9:54 AM
Stock Market LIVE Updates: LIC shares rise 5% on posting Q1 results; how brokerages are rating stock?
Stock Market LIVE Updates: Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) shares rose 4.6 per cent on Friday, August 8, 2025, and logged an intra-day high at ₹927 per share on BSE. At 9:27 AM, LIC share price was up 3.92 per cent at ₹920.15 per share. In Q1, LIC reported a modest 5 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) growth in net profit at ₹10,986 crore, as compared to ₹10,461 crore.
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