"At the same time, on the offline side, we are making the retail experience richer. In the future, the stores will not just be a sales medium; they are actually going to be experience mediums where the brand emergence happens. So we are investing a lot to make our store experience richer, more digital, more omni."

“ It’s a stock pickers’ market, blindly buying into momentum sectors may not work now.”

The Nifty Realty index closed 1.25 per cent up at 413.45.

These bonds were listed on the global securities market platform of India International Exchange (India INX) and debt securities market platform of NSE International Exchange (NSE IFSC).

Under the structure, AGEL can draw up to $1,700 million (including the present issuance) over the course of time subject to the covenants of the structure, it said.

Equity investor wealth increased Rs 2.51 lakh crore as the total market cap of BSE-listed firms rose to Rs 252.66 lakh crore.

The Nifty Bank index closed 0.7 per cent up at 36831.3.

Last month, cross-border investors sold equities worth a combined net total of $4.5 billion in South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and India, data from stock exchanges showed.

Bullion prices are expected to trade sideways to up for the day.

The Topix rose 0.14% to 1,983.57, its highest closing level since March 29. The index rallied for a fourth straight session. The Nikkei share average ended 0.33% higher at its highest since July 14 of 28,543.51.