India’s benchmark indexes ended almost unchanged Tuesday, Oct. 27, as the Nifty Smallcap 100 rose 2.69%, with Tata Consumer Products and Bharti Airtel among leading Nifty gainers.
The Economic Times and UNI/PTI reported closing levels of 22,749.75 for the Nifty 50, down 3.45 points (0.02%), and 73,598.67 for the Sensex, down 8.08 points (0.01%). The Economic Times reported the Nifty Smallcap 100’s 2.69% gain. UNI/PTI listed Asian Paints and Coal India among the Nifty’s laggards.
The Economic Times and UNI/PTI cited elevated crude prices and investor caution ahead of the Federal Reserve’s two-day policy meeting in their accounts of the session. The meeting was scheduled for Oct. 27-28.
Tata Consumer Products said Oct. 26 that revenue from operations for the quarter ended Sept. 30 rose 14% from a year earlier to ₹5,661 crore. Group net profit increased 16% to ₹470 crore. “We delivered our second consecutive quarter of double digit revenue growth in FY27, backed by strong underlying volume growth in India business,” said Sunil D’Souza, the company’s managing director and CEO.
