Sensex Gains Over 100 Points, Nifty Hovers At 15,550

Wall Street indexes closed mixed on Wednesday, with the Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 falling despite another record intraday high for the latter and big banks' stellar results on the first day of earnings season

The domestic stock markets have started the day on a muted note, post the 1 per cent gains on Tuesday, due to sluggish cues from the global markets. At 9:17 am, the BSE Sensex was trading at 48,610.55, higher by 105 points or 0.2 per cent and the NSE Nifty was at 14,531.21, up 30.85 points or 0.28 per cent. Wall Street indexes closed mixed on Wednesday, with the Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 falling despite another record intraday high for the latter and big banks' stellar results on the first day of earnings season. The Dow Jones rose 0.16 per cent, while the S&P 500 lost 0.41 per cent and Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.99 per cent. On the corporate front, on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, Infosys reported an annual increase of 17 per cent in its net profit at 5,076 crore on the back of large contract wins as the COVID-19 pandemic drove digitisation efforts in multiple sectors. The company's board of directors also approved a share buyback proposal of Rs 9,200 crore and a final dividend of Rs 15 per share.