FIRST TRADE: Sensex rises 100 pts; Nifty above 19,100; Tata Motors up over 1%

Stock market today: The Indian equity indices on Tuesday, October 31, edged higher, tracking an overnight rise in Wall Street, while Asian markets were subdued when last tracked.

In the opening deals, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 159.68 points, or 0.25 per cent, at 64,272.73, and the NSE Nifty was up 0.21 per cent, or 42.4 points, at 19181.8.

The Nifty Mid Cap 100 and Small Cap 100 opened higher.

High-beta Nifty Bank was up 0.39 per cent at 43,205.05. 

BUZZING STOCKS 

Blue Star shares were up over 4 per cent after the company posted good  Q2 results.

KPIT Technologies shares were up over 3 per cent a day after it posted Q2 earnings. 

Titagarh Rail Systems shares were up over 1 per cent after the company announced the launch of a second diving support craft for the Indian Navy.

DLF shares were up over 2 per cent a day after posting Q2 results.

Mangalore Chemicals Fertilisers shares traded over 7 per cent higher after the company reported strong results on all parameters.

Tata Motors shares were up nearly 1 per cent after an arbitral tribunal has granted compensation of more than Rs 766 crore.

Conversely, Sterling Tools shares slipped over 4 per cent after it registered a decline in net profit.

APL Apollo Tubes shares lost over 2 per cent after it posted its September quarter results.

Rainbow Children's Medicare shares were down over 3 per cent after posting Q2 results.

Triveni Engineering and Industries shares were down over 2 per cent after the company reported its Q2 numbers.

Supreme Industries shares were down over 2 per cent after it posted July to September quarter results.

SBI Cards and Payment Services shares were down over 5 per cent after posting lower-than-expected Q2 numbers.

Inox Wind shares slipped over 6 per cent after multiple block deals took place.

GLOBAL MARKETS 

Asian equities eased on Tuesday, while the yen remained close to a two-week high as traders braced for the Bank of Japan's policy decision when it is likely to lift its inflation forecasts and ponder tweaks to its bond yield control.

Stocks in Asia were slightly weaker, with MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS) 0.24 per cent lower, while Japan's Nikkei (.N225) was 0.23 per cent lower.

(With agency inputs) 

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