Stock market ends lower amid selling in select heavyweights
At the close, the Sensex was 142 points, or 0.19%, lower at 75,867.80, while the Nifty 50 settled with a nominal loss of 7 points, or 0.03%, at 23,907.15.
At the close, the Sensex was 142 points, or 0.19%, lower at 75,867.80, while the Nifty 50 settled with a nominal loss of 7 points, or 0.03%, at 23,907.15.
The combined market valuation of four of the top-10 most valued firms surged by Rs 2.20 lakh crore last week.
The combined market valuation of the top 10 domestic firms eroded sharply by Rs 4.48 lakh crore last week. Major banks, including the State Bank of India and HDFC Bank, took the biggest hit.
Last week, the combined market valuation of eight of the top-10 most-valued firms eroded by Rs 2,81,581.53 crore.
At close, the Sensex was down 1,097 points or 1.37% at 78,918.90, and the Nifty was down 315.45 points or 1.27% at 24,450.45.
Indian equity indices closed flat on Tuesday amid mixed global signals and the absence of significant new catalysts.
According to the bank’s executive director (ED) Sandeep Batra, “in Q1 FY25, we infused about Rs 500 crore” in ICICI Home Finance, the home finance subsidiary.
In the last week (May 20-24), nine of the top-10 most-valued firms together added Rs 1,85,320.49 crore in market valuation.
It called the report published by The Morning Context as ‘baseless’ and a ‘figment of imagination’. It also categorically denied the information published in the article.
For Q4 FY24, ICICI reports a net profit of Rs 10,708 crore, up 20 per cent from last year.
