
In early deals, Sensex was at 55,935 down 8 points or 0.02%, while the Nifty 50 fell 21 points or 0.13% at 16,613

Asian stocks traded mixed on Thursday, as US markets again surged to record highs. Meanwhile, South Korea's central bank hiked interest rates.

Sensex failed to hold 56k-mark and settled 14.77 or 0.03% lower at 55,944.21, while Nifty closed at 16,634.65, up 10.05 points or 0.06%

Shares of Venky's (India) traded 8.13% higher at Rs 2820.95 at around 1 pm (IST), while the benchmark BSE Sensex was up 0.13% at 56,034.

In early deals, Sensex advanced 201 points or 0.3% to scale a fresh record high of 56,160, while Nifty added 29 points or 0.18% to 16,654.

Asian stocks traded mostly higher on Wednesday, as optimism continued to drive US stocks, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq reaching record highs overnight.
In Asia, stock exchanges in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul ended with strong gains

The public offer aggregating up to Rs 3,850 crore had a fresh issue of up to Rs 1,300 crore and an offer for sale of up to Rs 2,550 crore.

Bajaj Finserv in July reported an over 31% decline in consolidated net profit at Rs 833 crore for the first quarter ended June 2021.

Asset quality of the lender deteriorated during the quarter with the percentage of gross non-performing assets to gross advances moved higher to 9.79%