Finance
Stock Market Highlights, Stock Market Today, March 4: The benchmark equity indices BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 closed in negative territory on Tuesday. The 30-share Sensex finished at 72,989.93, down 96.01 points, or 0.13 percent, from the previous level. On Tuesday, the index traded in the range of 73,033.18 to 72,633.54.
Similarly, the NSE Nifty50 closed at 22,082.65, down 36.65 points (0.17 percent) from the previous close. The Nifty50 reached a day high of 22,105.05 and an intraday low of 21,964.60.
Among the broader markets, the Nifty Smallcap100 and Nifty Midcap100 indices closed up 0.69 percent and 0.05 percent, respectively.
28 of the 50 member companies of the Nifty50 settled in the red, followed by Bajaj Auto, Hero MotoCorp, Bajaj Finserv, HCL Tech, and Eicher Motors with losses extending up to 4.95 per cent. Conversely, State Bank of India (SBI), BPCL, Bharat Electronics, Shriram Finance, and Adani Enterprises were among the 22 shares that settled higher by up to 3.03 per cent.
Sectoral indexes on the NSE settled on a mixed note, with PSU Bank, Bank Nifty, financial services, consumer durables, media, metal, Oil & Gas, and real estate indices rising by up to 2.37 percent. On the other hand, Nifty Auto, IT, Pharma, and FMCG were among the NSE sectoral indices that closed in the red, with losses ranging up to 1.31 percent. Notably, the Nifty Private Bank Index fell by just 0.08 percent.
Source: BS
