Finance
Domestic indices ended Thursday’s session marginally lower, but the Nifty 50 remained above 17,500 and the Sensex remained above 59,600. The Bank Nifty maintained the critical level and closed above 40,000. Hindalco (up 1.79%), Coal India (up 1.63%), Axis Bank (up 1.58%), JSW Steel (up 1.33%), and Tata Motors (up 1.29%) were the top gainers on the Nifty 50, while Asian Paints (down 3.18%), Larsen & Toubro (down 1.86%), Titan (down 1.63%), Divis Lab (down 1.56%), and IndusInd Bank (down 1.44%) were the top losers.
Indian stock market
The NSE Nifty 50 fell 43.05 pts or 0.25% to 17,511.25 and BSE Sensex plunged 139.18 pts or 0.23% to 59,605.80. Sectoral indices ended mixed with Bank Nifty rising 5.65 pts or 0.01% to close at 40,001.55. Nifty Auto dipped 0.06%, Nifty IT dropped 0.03%, Nifty PSU Bank gains 0.53% and Nifty Metal climbed 0.35%.
US Markets
The US stock market ended the overnight session mixed with Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.26%, S&P500 dropping 0.16% while the tech-heavy Nasdaq rose 0.13%.
Asian Markets
Asian markets closed mostly in the red territory on Thursday. China’s Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.11%, South Korea’s KOSPI rose 0.89%, Japan’s Nikkei 225 was down 1.34%, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng tumbled 0.35%.
Source:FE
