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.
Amid positive Asian equity markets, domestic benchmark indices extended gains and started Tuesday’s trading session in the positive zone. At 9.45 am, the Sensex was trading 161 points or 0.54 per cent higher at 29,817 while the Nifty50 was trading 43 points or 0.47 per cent up at 9,261.
In the broader markets, BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap indices jumped 0.8 per cent and 0.6 per cent respectively.
Among the BSE sectoral indices, Realty index registered the biggest gain with a jump of 1.5 per cent. Oil & Gas (up 1 per cent), Capital Goods (up 0.9 per cent) and Healthcare (up 0.7 per cent) indices were other notable gainers. FMCG index slipped 0.2 per cent.
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On Monday, the BSE Sensex ended 291 points or 0.99 per cent up at 29,656 while the NSE Nifty closed 99 points or 1.08 per cent higher at 9,218.
Top gainers in the Sensex-30 pack: M&M (up 2.1 per cent), Reliance Industries (up 2 per cent), HDFC (up 1.3 per cent), ICICI Bank (up 1.2 per cent) and Wipro (up 1.2 per cent).
Top losers in the Sensex-30 pack: Adani Ports (down 0.8 per cent), ITC (down 0.4 per cent), Gail (down 0.3 per cent), Tata Motors (down 0.3 per cent) and TCS (down 0.2 per cent).
Meanwhile, the Rupee was trading 15 paise higher at 64.31 against the US Dollar.
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