Stock Market LIVE Updates: Markets pare early gains; Sensex, Nifty drop 1%
International oil benchmark Brent crude climbed 1.08 per cent to USD 80.85 per barrel. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) bought shares worth a net Rs 455.94 crore on Tuesday, according to exchange data.
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New Delhi: Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty gave up early gains and closed the day lower by 1% on Wednesday negative trend in Asian markets and a sell-off in index heavyweights Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, and the HDFC twins. The 30-share BSE Sensex fell 635.05 points or 1.03 percent to close at 61,067.24 on the BSE. It fell by 763.91 points or 1.23 percent over the day to 60,938.38. The broader NSE Nifty declined 186.20 points or 1.01 per cent to end at 18,199.10.
Major losers in the Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank, Bajaj Finserv, Maruti, UltraTech Cement, Tata Motors, Axis Bank, State Bank of India and Kotak Mahindra Bank. Sun Pharma, HCL Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services, Tech Mahindra, Nestle, Wipro and Infosys ended in the green.
Narendra Solanki - Head Fundamental Research- Investment Services, Anand Rathi Shares & Stock Brokers said, “Indian markets opened in red following negative Asian market peers with Chinese markets lead losses in Asia-Pacific despite government pledge to stabilize economy and Bank of Japan's surprise increase in 10year yield control band to 0.5% which took the markets by surprise with negative sentiments. During the afternoon session equity benchmarks trimmed some of their losses with both Sensex and Nifty coming off their intraday low points. Losses got cut, as traders took some support with Minister of state for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)’s statement that 1.31 crore people were employed in the MSMEs incorporated in the financial year 2021-22 (FY22), up by 16% as against 1.13 crore employees in the MSMEs incorporated in FY21. However, heavy selling at metal, realty and telecom counters kept indices down.”
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