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Today’s Share Market News | Sensex Nifty Share Prices Highlights: The benchmark equity indices finished Monday’s trading session in the red. The NSE Nifty 50 down 38 points, or 0.18%, to 21,418.65, while the BSE Sensex fell 168.65 points, or 0.24%, to 71,315.10. The broader indices finished generally in positive territory, with Largecap and Midcap stocks leading the way down. The Bank Nifty index fell 275.85 points, or 0.57%, to 47,867.70. Among the other sectors indices, media and pharmaceutical companies climbed, while real estate and public sector bank stocks fell. The biggest gainers on the NSE Nifty 50 were Bajaj Auto, Hindalco Industries, Sun Pharma, Adani Ports and SEZ, and Reliance, while the laggards were Power Grid Cooperation, ITC, Tech Mahindra, and ICICI Bank, and JSW Steel. The Indian Volatility Index (India VIX) closed up by 5.88 %.
Shares in the Asia-Pacific region are trading in the mixed territory on Monday morning. The Asia Dow is trading up 1.86%, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is red, down 1.06%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index is trading up 2.38% and the benchmark Chinese index Shanghai Composite is down by 0.56%.
The Dow Jones industrial average hit its first record closing, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq rallied on Friday after dovish signals from the Federal Reserve this week, reported Bloomberg. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite gained 52.36 points or 0.35% at 14,813.92. The S&P 500 dipped 8.26 points or 0.18% at 4,711.29, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended higher by 56.81 points or 0.15% to 37,305.16.
Source:FE
