Today’s Stock Market News | Sensex, Nifty, and Share Prices Highlights: After falling for eight consecutive sessions, domestic indices reversed course and finished the first session of March broadly in the green. The NSE Nifty 50 gained 146.95 points (0.85%) to 17,450.90, while the BSE Sensex gained 448.96 points (0.7%) to 59,411.08. Adani Enterprises, Hindalco, UPL, State Bank of India, and IndusInd Bank were the top gainers on the Nifty 50, while Britannia, Power Grid, Cipla, BPCL, and HDFC Bank were the top losers. The Bank Nifty rose 429.10 points, or 1.07%, to close at 40,698.15. Federal Bank, PNB, Bank of Baroda, AU Bank, and State Bank of India were the top gainers, while HDFC Bank was the sole laggard.
The US equity indices ended the overnight session in the red territory with Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) falling 0.71%, S&P 500 dropping 0.30%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq dipping 0.10%.
Asian markets were trading mixed with China’s Shanghai Composite index rising 0.32%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng climbed 1.99% while Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.04%.
Source:FE