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Share Market News Today | Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices Highlights: The benchmark equity indices closed in positive territory on April 19. The BSE Sensex surged 600 points, or 0.83%, to settle at 73,088.33, while the NSE Nifty 50 gained 151.15 points, or 0.69%, to conclude at 22,147.00. Nifty Bank closed at 47,574.15, up 505 points, or 1.07%.
Apollo Hospitals, Bharti Airtel, HDFC Bank, Grasim Industries, and M&M were the top gainers in the Nifty 50. While Bajaj Auto, HCL Technologies, Hero MotoCorp, Tata Motors, and Nestle India were the key laggards in the Nifty 50 on April 19.
The NSE Nifty 50 opens down by 0.61% at 21,861.10, while the BSE Sensex drops 0.68% to 71,999.65 in the opening trade.
Stocks in the Asia-Pacific region are trading in the negative territory on Friday morning. The Asia Dow is down by 1.56%, while Japan’s Nikkei 225 is in the red, declining by 2.94%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index is trading lower by 1.67%, and the benchmark Chinese index Shanghai Composite is down by 0.12%.
The US Dollar Index (DXY), which tracks the dollar against a basket of six major currencies, recorded a 0.05% gain, reaching 106.21 during trading.
According to Bloomberg, US Treasury yields saw a slight increase following robust economic data, fueling expectations that the Federal Reserve will maintain its current interest rates. The tech-oriented Nasdaq Composite closed lower by 81.87 points or 0.24% at 15,601.50. Similarly, the S&P 500 declined by 11.09 points or 0.22% to 5,011.12, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average experienced a drop of 432.70 points or 1.15% to 37,342.59.
