On the other hand, four firms Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL), Infosys and ITC ended the week with losses. The NSE's India VIX index - which measures the expectation of volatility in the near term - jumped as much as 5.58 per cent during the session.Meanwhile, the number of deaths in the country due to COVID-19 crossed 50,000, as of Monday, and total coronavirus cases stood nearly at 2.65 million.European shares started Monday's session on a lacklustre note, with the United Kingdom's FTSE benchmark last seen trading 0.16 per cent higher in early trade.
24,713 crore. With increased geopolitical tensions, markets also traded uncertainty and this could impact the market behaviour in the coming days,” said Vinod Nair, Research Head, Geojit Financial Services.With Reliance Retail acquiring Future Group’s retail, wholesale, logistics and warehousing business, the Mukesh Ambani-led company has increased its share in India’s retail space. "Notwithstanding the fact that considerable uncertainty prevails regarding the quarterly economic performance, taking cognizance of the adverse impact of lockdown we are pegging the real GDP growth at (-) 20% YoY for Q1 FY21. However, on diving deeper into the fundamentals surrounding the National Mineral Development Cooperation (NMDC), brokerage and research firms have been sounding the cautionary alarm bell. According to the agreement, Adani Airports will acquire the debt of GVK ADL from its airport lenders.