The markets have opened on a positive note but soon weakness began to set in
TCS, ICICI Bank, Tata Motors and Tata Steel among the top losers for the day.
Banks and Capital Goods scrips among the top losers in noon deals.
The Nifty dropped 10 points to close the day at 5,874.
Bharti Airtel was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising around 4 per cent, followed by Tech Mahindra, HDFC, Kotak Bank, M&M and HCL Tech. NSE Nifty advanced 21.85 points to 16,280.10.
From the Sensex pack, State Bank of India, Axis Bank, IndusInd Bank, Tech Mahindra, HCL Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services, Maruti Suzuki, Tata Steel and Tata Motors were the major gainers. Power Grid and HDFC Bank were the laggards from the pack.
Investors' wealth fell by Rs 2.89 lakh crore in two days of market fall, with the BSE Sensex tumbling 796 points on Wednesday, amid weak global market trends ahead of the US Federal Reserve's interest rate decision. Fresh foreign fund outflows and caution ahead of a host of interest rate decisions from global central banks also added to the overall bearish trend. Besides, the US Fed meeting, the BoE (Bank of England) and the BoJ (Bank of Japan) are also scheduled to meet this week.
The market breadth in BSE remains healthy with 1,476 shares advancing and 828 shares declining.
Domestic institutional investors pumped Rs 2.3 trillion into equities during H1 CY24. Of this, mutual funds contributed 80%.
Equity mutual fund (MF) schemes have raked in Rs 46,200 crore in net lump-sum inflows in the past six months (ended February 2024), almost thrice the inflow in the previous six-month period.
Financial shares and auto stocks among the top gainers for the day
From the Sensex pack, IndusInd Bank, NTPC, Asian Paints, Hindustan Unilever, JSW Steel, Tech Mahindra, Bajaj Finance, Infosys, Wipro, ICICI Bank, Bajaj Finserv, HDFC Bank and Tata Motors were among the major laggards. HCL Technologies, Power Grid, Titan, Reliance Industries, UltraTech Cement, Tata Steel, State Bank of India and Mahindra & Mahindra were the gainers.
The Nifty shed 18 points to end at 5,420.
Nifty shed nine points to close at 5,541.
Hindustan Unilever and pharma stocks were on buyers' radar; rate-sensitives faced jitters ahead of the credit policy.
The 30-share BSE Sensex is up 269 points at 9199. The NSE Nifty is up 82 points at 2714.
ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Wipro, Kotak Mahindra Bank and NTPC were among the major gainers in the Sensex pack. The five stocks that defied the trend included UltraTech Cement, Mahindra & Mahindra, Titan, Tata Motors and Nestle.
The markets plunged on account of heavy selling in scrips across sectors.
The Nifty is down 33 points at 6,046. Earlier the day, the Sensex had opened in the green but quickly pared its initial gains on back of selling pressure in banking and auto shares.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended up 28 points at 25,844 and the Nifty50 ended flat at 7,915.
Of the total 3096 stocks traded,1796 stocks have declined while 1155 have advanced on the BSE.
The markets continue to trade at the higher level on the back of buying in scrips across sectors
The markets have opened on positive note despite of worries in Middle East countries and mixed trade in Asian markets
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The Nifty ended at 5452, up 35 points. The market breadth was marginally positive. Out of 3085 stocks traded on the BSE, there were 1505 advancing stocks as against 1413 declines.
Out of 2948 stocks traded on the BSE, there were 1008 advancing stocks as against 1836 declines.
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Firm global cues, along with gains in FMCG majors ITC and Hindustan Unilever aid the upmove.
The market breadth was weak. Out of 2902 stocks traded on the BSE, there were 1116 advancing stocks as against 1660 declines.
The bias for the BSE benchmark index, technical charts suggest, is likely to remain bullish as long as the index holds above 75,600 levels for the rest of the year.
The Sensex closed at a new high of 13,706.53, up 89.76 points or 0.66%
The Nifty added 15 points to close at 5,532.
...helped by a Wall Street rally after the US Federal Reserve yesterday pledged to keep US interest rates low at least through mid-2013.
The Nifty ended at 5416, down 4 points. The market breadth was weak. Out of 3045 stocks traded on the BSE, there were 1293 advancing stocks as against 1640 dcelines.
The Nifty ended at 6011, up 31 points. The broader markets also moved in tandem; the midcap index ended at 7627, higher by 18 points and the smallcap index ended at 9354, up 29 points.
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