Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: Nifty slumps 300 points; Indian Rupee weakens, at 86 against US dollar

Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: The Nifty did end Wednesday's session higher, but off the highs of the day, as 25,000 continues to remain a barrier for the index. Activity continued to remain stock specific in the broader markets as well, with stocks reacting to earnings and newsflow.

Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: It is an important day for Indian equities today as it is the weekly expiry of the Nifty 50 options contracts. The expiry also comes after Wall Street witnessed a brutal sell-off overnight, owing to fears of higher budget deficits leading to a spike in treasury yields. The Nifty did end Wednesday's session higher, but off the highs of the day, as 25,000 continues to remain a barrier for the index. Activity continued to remain stock specific in the broader markets as well, with stocks reacting to earnings and newsflow. Today will be no different, as there plenty of earnings reactions that will take place today, along with a number of companies that will be reporting results. The big reaction of the day though, would be IndusInd Bank, which reported its first net loss in nearly two decades. As many as five PSU names - RVNL, IRCON, NALCO, ONGC, Oil India, will be reacting to their results today, along with names like Gokaldas Exports, IndiGo, Colgate-Palmolive, Mankind Pharma and others. ITC, Sun Pharma, Grasim and GMR Airports are some of the important results today. Watch this space for all the live updates.