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Today’s Stock Market News | Sensex, Nifty, and Share Prices Highlights: The major equity indices finished Friday’s trading session in the green. The NSE Nifty 50 increased 30.05 points, or 0.15%, to 19,425.35, while the BSE Sensex increased 72.48 points, or 0.11%, to 64,904.68. The broader indices finished mostly in positive territory, with Midcap and Smallcap stocks leading the way. The Bank Nifty index rose 136.50 points, or 0.31%, to 43,820.10. Metal and Financial Services stocks outperformed the other sectors indices, while Media and Auto declined. The biggest gainers on the NSE Nifty 50 were NTPC, ONGC, TATA Consumer Products, Tech Mahindra, and UltraTech Cement, while the laggards were Hero MotoCorp, Mahindra & Mahindra, HCL Technologies, Titan Company, and Hindalco. The Indian Volatility Index (India VIX) closed up by 1.11 %.
The NSE Nifty 50 opened at 19,351.85 down 0.22%, while the BSE Sensex opened at 64,756.11 down 76.09 points.
The US Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the value of the dollar against a basket of six foreign currencies, traded down 0.05% at 105.86.
US stocks closed lower on Thursday, snapping the longest winning streaks for the Nasdaq and S&P 500 in two years, as Treasury yields climbed after a disappointing auction of 30-year bonds and comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, reported Reuters. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 128.97 points or 0.94 % to 13,521.45. The S&P 500 tumbled 35.43 points or 0.81 % to 4,347.35, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 220.33 points or 0.65% to 33,891.94.
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