Dalal Street Bleeds, Sensex Ends At 84,786, Nifty Tests 26,000
Previously during the morning session, the Sensex rose 108 points to open above 85,369 and the Nifty increased 32 points to start trade at 26,100.
The Indian benchmark indices closed lower today as the Sensex ended trade at 84,786.86 or 445 points lower and the Nifty closed at 25,946.90 or 121 points lower.
In the 30-share BSE Sensex, among the top gainers were stocks like TechMahindra, Asian Paints, Infosys, Adani Ports and Sun Pharmaceuticals. Meanwhile, the laggards included stocks like ICICI Bank, Maruti, State Bank of India, L&T and TCS.
In the broader markets, the Nifty Smallcap 100 fell 0.85 per cent. Sectorally, the Nifty Midsmall IT & Telecom gained 0.47 per cent and the Nifty Chemicals index fell 1.31 per cent.
Previously during the morning session, the Sensex rose 108 points to open above 85,369 and the Nifty increased 32 points to start trade at 26,100.
The stock market opened higher backed by a rally in IT stocks which jumped over 1 per cent. Additionally, pharma and banking indices also posted significant gains while realty, auto and FMCG indices were in the red.
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