Today’s Stock Market News | Sensex, Nifty, and Stock Prices Highlights: Domestic indices ended Thursday’s volatile session in the green, but despite multiple attempts, the Nifty failed to break through 17000. The NSE index increased by 13.45 points, or 0.08%, to 16,985.60, while the BSE Sensex increased by 78.94 points, or 0.14%, to 57,634.84. The Bank Nifty gained 81.10 points, or 0.21%, to 39,132.60. BPCL, Hindustan Unilever Asian Paints, Nestle India, and Titan were the top gainers on the Nifty 50, while Hindalco, Tata Steel, IndusInd Bank, JSW Steel, and HDFC Life were the top losers.
The US market ended the overnight session mostly in the red territory with Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.87%, S&P 500 dropping 0.70 while the tech-heavy Nasdaq rose marginally by 0.05%.
Asian markets were trading lower with China’s Shanghai composite index falling 0.28%, Japan’s Nikkei 225 plunging 1.12%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng tanking 1.65% and South Korea’s KOSPI dipping 0.04%.
Source:FE