Stock markets surge in early trade; Sensex jumps over 700 points

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....tock markets surge in early trade; Sensex jumps over 700 points<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 20-10-2025<BR>PTI<BR>Mumbai, Oct 20 (PTI) Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty jumped in early trade on Monday, driven by buying in blue-chips Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank and foreign fund inflows. A sharp rally in global markets also added to the markets' optimism during the initial trade. The 30-share....

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.... BSE Sensex jumped 704.37 points to 84,656.56 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty surged 216.35 points to 25,926.20. From the Sensex firms, Reliance Industries climbed over 2 per cent after the firm on Friday reported a 9.6 per cent year-on-year rise in net profit for the September quarter, driven by strong performance in its consumer-facing retail and telecom businesses and a recovery in its ....

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....core oil-to-chemicals segment. HDFC Bank traded 1.54 per cent higher after the firm on Saturday reported a 10 per cent jump in consolidated net profit for September quarter at Rs 19,610.67 crore. Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Infosys and Bajaj Finserv were also among the gainers. However, ICICI Bank, UltraTech Cement, Trent and Tata Steel were among the laggards. In Asian markets, South Kore....

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....a's Kospi, Japan's Nikkei 225 index, Shanghai's SSE Composite index and Hong Kong's Hang Seng were trading higher. US markets ended in the positive territory on Friday. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) bought equities worth Rs 308.98 crore on Friday, according to exchange data. Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) also bought stocks worth Rs 1,526.61 crore on the same day. "The momentu....

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....m in the market, triggered by sustained huge DII buying, marginal FII buying, news of brisk festival season sales of automobiles and white goods, is set to continue with more positive news. The early Q2 results indicate a sharp recovery in earnings. Results of HDFC Bank and RIL are particularly impressive," VK Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Investments Limited, said. Global oil ....

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....benchmark Brent crude dipped 0.36 per cent to USD 61.07 a barrel. On Friday, the Sensex jumped 484.53 points or 0.58 per cent to settle at 83,952.19. The Nifty climbed 124.55 points or 0.49 per cent to 25,709.85. Last week, the BSE benchmark jumped 1,451.37 points or 1.75 per cent, and the Nifty surged 424.5 points or 1.67 per cent. PTI SUM SUM DR DR<BR> News - Press release - PIB....