The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Sensex was trading at 76,673.11 points with a gain of 343.1 points at 9:25 am, while the National Stock Exchange (NSE) Nifty was trading at 23196.40 with a gain of 110.45 points. In today's trading, NTPC, Tata Motors, Hindalco, Bajaj Finance, SBI were the biggest gainers on Nifty, while HCL Tech, Tech Mahindra, HUL, TCS, Apollo Hospitals were the biggest losers. Except IT and FMCG, all other sectoral indices are trading in the green. The BSE Midcap index has gained 1 percent and the Smallcap index has gained 0.4 percent.

Earlier, after Monday's turmoil, Tuesday's session began with the BSE Sensex gaining marginal 5.74 points to close at 76,335.75. The Nifty opened with a gain of 79.95 points at 23,165.90.

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HCL Tech has set the record date for dividend payment as January 17, 2025, while the payment date is January 24, 2025. Sajjan Jindal-promoted JSW Group arm JSW Cement has received SEBI approval to raise Rs 4,000 crore through an initial public offering (IPO). Ahead of the Union Budget, brokerage firm Goldman Sachs said it expects a slowdown in government capital expenditure growth in the new fiscal year.

Asian stocks traded mixed

Asian stocks are trading mixed on Tuesday. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 fell 1.8% to 38,469.58 in morning trade, reopening after a holiday on Monday. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.4% to 8,220.50. South Korea's Kospi was little changed, falling less than 0.1% to 2,489.33, according to the AP.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 1.5% to 19,163.92, while the Shanghai Composite gained 2.2% to 3,229.99. On Wall Street, the S&P 500 gained 0.2% after erasing an earlier decline of 0.9%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 358 points, or 0.9%, while weakness in Big Tech stocks dragged the Nasdaq Composite down 0.4%.