Stock market ends five-day winning streak
At close, Sensex was down 609.28 points, or 0.82%, at 73,730.16. Meanwhile, Nifty opened higher at 22,620.40 and touched a low of 22,419.90 in intraday trades.
At close, Sensex was down 609.28 points, or 0.82%, at 73,730.16. Meanwhile, Nifty opened higher at 22,620.40 and touched a low of 22,419.90 in intraday trades.
Sensex closed 487 points, or 0.66%, higher at 74,339.44 while the Nifty closed the day with a gain of 168 points, or 0.75%, at 22,570.35 on the monthly F&O expiry day.
On the BSE Sensex, 13 of the 30 stocks ended in the red with TCS, Tech Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki India, Reliance Industries, and Titan were the top drags for the day. JSW Steel, Tata Steel, Power Grid Corp., Kotak Mahindra Bank, and UltraTech Cement, were the top gainers.
Sensex was up 599.34 points, or 0.83 per cent at 73,088.33, while the Nifty was up 151.20 points or 0.69 per cent at 22,147.
BSE Sensex is trading at 72,099 points, down 389 points on Friday as domestic equities continued their losing spree amid escalation in Middle East tensions.
Sensex constituents which are dragging the benchmark include Sun Pharma down 3.5 per cent.
Sensex was up 354.45 points, or 0.47%, at 75,038.15, and the Nifty was up 111 points, or 0.49%, at 22,753.80.
Sensex opened the day at 75,124.28 against its previous close of 74,742.50 and hit its fresh record high of 75,124.28, while the Nifty 50 opened at 22,765.10 against the previous close of 22,666.30 and touched its fresh record high of 22,768.40.
This is for the first time ever that the market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies has gone past the coveted Rs 400 trillion mark.
Sensex was up 20.59 points or 0.03% at 74,248.22, and the Nifty was up 10.80 points or 0.05% at 22,525.50.