Endurance Technologies, Sakthi Sugars, Pritika Auto Industries, Response Informatics, CNI Research and Howard Hotels will have their annual general meetings (AGM) today. The board of Bharat Gears will meet today to consider the bonus issue. Also, the board of Pressure Sensitive Systems (India) will meet to consider a stock split.

A severe container shortage – triggered by massive congestions at Chinese ports that are either closed or operating at much lower capacity due to Covid-19 restrictions, along with a huge demand for containers in the US and Europe – has been pushing container rates, which shot up to record levels in the past 10-15 days, industry executives told ET.

Anshuman Kanoria, a member of the Santosh Kanoria family, said "we have bought the two premium tea gardens of Darjeeling, Jungpana and Goomtee. Jungpana is the most premium tea of Darjeeling and fetches a very high average price realisation".

Key support level for the Nifty is placed at 9,808.77, followed by 9,736.38. If the index moves up, the key resistance levels to watch out for are 9,978.57 and 10,075.98.

Key support level for Nifty is placed at 8,105.4, followed by 7,957. If the index starts moving up, key resistance levels to watch out for are 8,495.15 and 8,736.5.