AirAsia, BSE Sensex, Indian Rupee, FDI and more

An AirAsia plane with 162 people aboard went missing en route from Indonesia to Singapore on Sunday morning.

Gold prices rose by Rs 110 to Rs 27,210 per 10 grams at the bullion market in the national capital. However, silver shed Rs 50 at Rs 37,250 per kg owing to reduced offtake by industrial units.

Indian rupee declined by ten paise to log over 13-month closing low of 63.67 against the US dollar following sustained dollar demand from importers.

BSE benchmark Sensex rally for the second straight session and notch up a gain of 154 points to end at 27,395.73.

Inflows of foreign direct investment into India rose by about 25 per cent to $17.35 billion in the April-October period of the current fiscal, said Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Participatory notes

Buying was seen across-the-board as 11 out of 12 sectoral indices closed with gains while only BSE banking sectoral index finishing with minor losses. Smart rise was seen in Tata Motors, HDFC, RIL, ITC, TCS, Sesa Sterlite, Sun Pharma, Hero MotoCorp, Hindalco and HUL.