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Share Market News Today | Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices Highlights: The benchmark equity indices closed the trading session on a positive note on August 21. The BSE Sensex increased 101 points, or 0.12%, to end the day at 80,903.64. The NSE Nifty 50 index closed 84.35 points, or 0.34% higher, at 24,783.20. The Bank Nifty finished the day 0.13% higher, or 68.15 points, at 50,735. The Nifty Midcap 100 finished 225.60 points, or 0.39% higher, at 58,473.45.
Market Updates:
The NSE Nifty 50 closed 0.34% higher at 24,783.20, while the BSE Sensex closed 0.12% higher at 80,903.64.
Divi’s Laboratories, Titan Company, Hindalco, HDFC Life Insurance, and SBI Life Insurance were the top gainers in the Nifty 50. Meanwhile, UltraTech Cements, HDFC Bank, Tata Steel, SBI, and ICICI Bank were the major losers in the Nifty 50 on August 21.
The NSE Nifty 50 was up 0.08% at 24,718 while the BSE Sensex was down 0.06% at 80,758.
ITC, Reliance Industries, L&T, Divi’s Lab, and Bharti Airtel were the top contributors to the Nifty 50. While HDFC Bank along with ICICI Bank were dragging the index.
Courtesy: NSE
The NSE Nifty 50 opened 0.10% higher at 24,675, while the BSE Sensex opened 0.12% higher at 80,705.
Shares in the Asia-Pacific region are trading mixed on Wednesday morning. The Asia Dow is down by 0.02%, while Japan’s Nikkei 225 is in the red, declining by 0.77%. South Korea’s KOSPI index is also lower, down by 0.17%, but China’s benchmark Shanghai Composite is trading in the green, up by 0.14%.
U.S. stocks closed slightly lower on Tuesday, ending their recent winning streak as the market lacked significant catalysts ahead of the upcoming Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, according to Returns. The Nasdaq Composite, dominated by tech stocks, fell by 59.83 points, or 0.33%, to close at 17,816.94. The S&P 500 declined by 11.13 points, or 0.20%, to 5,597.12, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by 61.56 points, or 0.15%, to 40,834.97.
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