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Share Market News Today | Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices Highlights: The benchmark equity indices experienced a negative closing value. The BSE Sensex shed 359.64 points, or 0.51%, to close at 70,700.67, while the NSE Nifty 50 closed 101.35 points, or 0.47%, lower at 21,352.60. The majority of the declines occurred in midcap equities as the larger indices closed lower. The Bank Nifty index ended at 47,208.65, down 214.75 points, or 0.45%.
Bajaj Auto, NTPC, Coal India, IndusInd Bank, and Adani Ports were the top gainers in the Nifty 50. While Tech Mahindra, Cipla, SBI Life Insurance, Axis Bank, and LTIMindtree were the primary losers in the Nifty 50.
Shares in the Asia-Pacific region were in mixed territory. The Asia Dow is trading up by 0.46%, whereas Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading in the red, down by 0.31% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index is trading lower by 0.16%. The benchmark Chinese index Shanghai Composite is trading higher by 0.48% during the early trade hours.
The US Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the value of the dollar against a basket of six foreign currencies, traded higher by 0.08% at 103.32.
The S&P 500 surged by 0.08% at 4,868.55 to reach a fresh all-time high after Netflix shares led a rally. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite gained 0.36% at 15,481.92. The 30-stock Dow Industrial Average fell 99.06 points, or 0.26%, to 37,806.39.
Source:FE
