Finance
By: Shree1news, 20 OCT 2021
Bears forced domestic benchmark indices lower on Wednesday. S&P BSE Sensex closed 0.74% lower at 61,259 while the NSE Nifty 50 index fell 0.83% to settle at 18,266. Broader markets fared worse than benchmark indices with Nifty Midcap 50 index falling 1.19% while the and Smallcap index fell 2.42%. India VIX soared 5.35% to breach 18 levels ahead of the weekly expiry session. Bharti Airtel was the top gainer on Sensex, gaining 4%, followed by State Bank of India, IndusInd Bank and Bajaj Finance. Titan was the worst-performing Sensex stock, falling 2.62%, followed by HUL, NTPC, and Bajaj Finserv.
