Finance
Today’s Stock Market News | Sensex, Nifty, and Share Prices Highlights: Domestic indices fell more than 1% on Wednesday as a result of negative global cues. The NSE Nifty 50 down 207 points, or 1.05%, to 19,526.55, while the BSE Sensex fell 676.53 points, or 1.02%, to 65,782.78. Bank Nifty declined 596.80 points or 1.31% to 44,995.70, Nifty Auto fell 1.66%, Nifty PSU Bank fell 2.61%, and Nifty IT fell 0.81%. Divis Laboratories, Nestle India, Hindustan Unilever, Asian Paints, and Tech Mahindra were the top gainers on the Nifty 50, while Hero Motocorp, Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Bajaj Finserv, and NTPC were the top losers.
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed weaker on Tuesday, the first day of seasonally slow August, ahead of U.S. jobs data and major companies’ earnings reports later this week, according to Reuters. S&P 500 declined 0.27%, the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.43%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2%.
Shares in the Asia-Pacific region were trading in the red on Wednesday. China’s Shanghai Composite and Shenzhen Component were down by 0.28% and 0.2% respectively. Japan’s Nikkei 225 tanked 1.12%. South Korea’s Kospi dclinedd 0.38% while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 0.54%. The Taiwan Weighted index recorded a loss of 0.16%.
Source:FE
