Share Market Today, August 14, 2024: Domestic equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty are set to begin today's (August 14) session in positive. At around 7:30 am, GIFT Nifty futures, an early indicator of the Nifty 50 index, were up 64 up points or 0.26 per cent at 24,225 ahead of opening on Dalal Street.

Global markets higher; IT shares rally on Wall Street

US and Asian markets were in the positive sphere, Nasdaq ended higher at 17,192, up 2.43 per cent led by IT stocks and Japan's Nikkei 225 index is up 1.06 per cent. Here's a look at all major global indices at this moment:

• MSCI Asia ex Japan up 3.98 points or 0.71 per cent
• Japan's Nikkei 225 up 391 points or 1.08 per cent at 36,623
• Hong Kong's Hang Seng up 43 points or 0.25 per cent at 17,217
• South Korea's KOSPI up 25 points or 0.96 per cent at 2,646
• Nasdaq up 407 points or 2.42 per cent at 17,192
• Dow Jones up  408 points or 1.04 per cent at 39,765
• S&P Global up 90 points or 1.68 per cent

However, on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, domestic indexes performed in a negative bias, Sensex ended lower at 78,956, down by 692 points or 0.87 per cent, while the 50-scrip index closed at 24,139, fell 208 points or 0.85 per cent amid selling in financial, automobile sector stocks such as HDFC Bank, SBI, Tata Motors. Meanwhile, Healthcare sector was the top gainer led by Apollo Hospitals, Dr Reddy's Labs, and Sun Pharma.

Here are all the top gainers and the losers of Nifty50:

Nifty50 top losers

Nifty50 top gainers

What should you track today?

Here are several stocks that should be track in today:

These stocks are: KCP, Kalyani Steels, Maharashtra Seamless, Jindal Drilling & Ind, BEL, Samvardhana Motherson International, Motherson Sumi Wiring India, Saurashtra Cement, HG Infra Engineering, RailTel, MGL, EPL, Dhunseri Investments, Gujarat Pipavav Port, Hitachi Energy India, TTK Prestige, and JB Chem & Pharma.

Vedanta: The company's board has approved a plan to offload a 2.6 per cent stake in its subsidiary Hindustan Zinc.

Q1 Results: Major companies have reported their earnings reports yesterday, including Hero MotoCorp, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise, Nykaa, Piramal Enterprises, and NBCC. 

While HAL, Goodyear, Glenmark Pharma, Swan Energy and Sadbhav Engineering are among more than 750 companies set to report their April-June quarter earinings today.

Corporate Actions: Several companies are set to deliver final dividend to their investors such as BEL, Samvardhana Motherson International, Motherson Sumi Wiring India, KCP, Kalyani Steels, Maharashtra Seamless, Saurashtra Cement, HG Infra Engineering, RailTel, MGL, EPL, Dhunseri Investments, Gujarat Pipavav Port, Hitachi Energy India, TTK Prestige, and JB Chem & Pharma and others.