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Today’s Stock Market News | Sensex, Nifty, and Stock Prices: Domestic indices ended the day in the green, halting a three-day losing trend. The Nifty 50 closed at 19,517, up 135.35 points, while the Sensex rose 480 points to 65,721.25. The Bank Nifty rose 0.82% to 44,879.50. Nifty Auto fell 0.33%, while Nifty IT, Nifty Consumer Durables, and Nifty Pharma were the top trade sector winners. In the broader markets, the Nifty 100, Nifty 200, and Nifty 500 all rose by 0.71% to 0.73%. The Nifty Midcap 100 fell 0.82%, while the Nifty Smallcap fell 0.76%. The India VIX, a fear index, was down 5.47% at 10.57.
Shares in the Asia-Pacific region were trading in the green on Friday, snapping the global rout following the Fitch Ratings’ downgrade. China’s Shanghai Composite and Shenzhen Component were up by 0.78% and 0.84% respectively. Japan’s Nikkei 225 was mildly in the green at 0.05%. South Korea’s Kospi declined 0.16% while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng jumped 1.95%. The Taiwan Weighted index recorded a loss of 0.63%.
U.S. stocks closed little changed on Thursday after a choppy trading session, as investors weighed another rise in Treasury yields with the latest batch of economic data and earnings, according to Reuters. S&P 500 declined 0.25%, the Nasdaq Composite crashed 0.1%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 0.19%.
Source:FE
