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Share Market News Today | Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices Highlights: The key stock indices concluded the day higher than they started. The BSE Sensex gained 454.67 points, or 0.63%, to close at 72,186.09, while the NSE Nifty 50 closed 157.70 points, or 0.72% higher, at 21,929.40. The small- and mid-cap equities saw the biggest gains as the larger indices closed higher. Reversing the trend, the Bank Nifty index ended at 45,690.80, down 134.75 points, or 0.29%.
PTC Industries up by 8.85%, Dhruv Consultancy gains 8.42%, Nitin Spinners up by 8.35%, Petronet PNG gains 7.19%, and Shriram Properties up by 7.10%.
HDFC Life Insurance, Maruti Suzuki, TCS, Wipro, and HCL Technologies were the top gainers in the Nifty 50. While Power Grid Corporation, IndusInd Bank, Bajaj Finserv, Britannia, and ITC were the major laggards in the Nifty 50.
Shares in the Asia-Pacific region are trading Tuesday’s session in mixed territory. The Asia Dow is trading down by 0.89%, where as the Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading in red, down by 0.53%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index closed lower on Monday by 0.15% and the benchmark Chinese index Shanghai Composite is dropped by 1.02% to end Monday’s trading session.
The US Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the value of the dollar against a basket of six foreign currencies, traded unchanged at 104.45.
Wall Street traders sent both stocks and bonds down, following stronger-than-estimated U.S. economic data and signals that the Federal Reserve isn’t ready to call victory over inflation just yet, reported Bloomberg. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite dropped 31.27 points or 0.20% at 15,597.68. The S&P 500 plunged by 15.80 points or 0.32% at 4,942.81, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended lower by 274.30 points or 0.71% at 38,380.12.
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