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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 801.67 points, or 1.11%, to close at 71,139.90, while the NSE Nifty 50 closed 215.50 points, or 0.99% lower, at 21,522.10. The large- and mid-cap equities saw the biggest declines as the wider indices closed lower. The Bank Nifty index ended at 45,367.75, down 74.60 points, or 0.16%.
Tata Motors, BPCL, Grasim Industries, Eicher Motors, and Adani Enterprises were the top gainers in the Nifty 50. While Bajaj Finance, Titan, Ultratec Cement, Reliance Industries, and NTPC were the key losers.
The three major US benchmark indices closed in the green, with the S&P 500 closing at a record high of 4,927.93. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite gained 1.12% at 15,628.04. The 30-stock Dow Industrial Average inched up 224.02 points, or 0.59%, to 38,333.45.
The US Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the dollar’s value against a basket of six foreign currencies, traded lower by 0.15% at 103.46.
Shares in the Asia-Pacific region were trading on a mixed note during the early trade hours. The Asia Dow is trading down by 1.50%, whereas Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading in the green, up by 0.11% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index is trading lower by 1.68%. The benchmark Chinese index Shanghai Composite is trading lower by 0.75% during the early trade hours.
Source:FE
