On Wednesday, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) extended their trading hours till 5 pm for the day. NSE opened for pre-open trade at 3:45 pm.

Trading was halted on all segments on NSE at 11:40 am because of a technical glitch and Nifty was frozen at 14,820.45-level, up 112.65 points or 0.77 percent. NSE said in a press statement the exchange has received communication from telecom service providers that there were issues with their links due to which there was an impact on its system. It added that the exchange was working on restoring the systems as soon as possible.

As of writing this piece at 4.15 pm, when the Sensex tops 532 points at 50283, while the Nifty 50 stood at 14928, up by 211 points. COAL INDIA, SBIN, HDFC BANK, BAJAJ FINANCE, BRITANNIA were among major gainers, while UPL, TCS, GAIL,  DR REDDY were lagging behind

During the day, Among buzzing stocks,  IT stocks under pressure despite ease in global techs selloff; Infosys, TCS shed 1 percent. Tata Consumer hits new all-time high after being added on Nifty 50 effective from March 31

Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail announces strategic partnership with Tarun Tahiliani; Stock surges 4 percent. NTPC to buy 25.51 percent stake of Gail India in Ratnagiri Gas and Power while exiting Konkan LNG.

Gold and silver prices again rise, futures rate fall

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Trading stopped on NSE, due to this live data remains un-updated