Stock Market ends in the red; Sensex loses 500 points
The Indian stock market ended in the red on Tuesday, with the Nifty falling below the 23,900-mark and the Sensex dropping nearly 500 points.
The Indian stock market ended in the red on Tuesday, with the Nifty falling below the 23,900-mark and the Sensex dropping nearly 500 points.
The Indian Stock Market on Monday rallied sharply supported by a steep fall in crude oil prices.
The Indian equity markets posted mild gains early on Friday tracking positive global cues, over optimism regarding US-Iran peace negotiations.
The recent Gulf War has unsettled global energy markets, disrupted shipping routes, and shaken investor confidence.
Indian stock markets staged a sharp recovery to close in the green after falling as much as 1.3 per cent on an intraday basis.
At close, Sensex was 1,020.80 points, or 1.73 per cent, down at 58,058.92, and Nifty closed 302.45 points, or 1.72 per cent, at 17,327.35. As many as 2,497 shares declined, 983 shares advanced, and 107 remained unchanged.
At 10.05 am, Sensex and Nifty traded in the 0.8-0.9 per cent range.
The Indian stock market's benchmark Sensex fell 337 points on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve hiked interest rate by 75 basis points and signaled that the borrowing costs would be increased further in the coming months.
"Financials, capital goods, select autos, telecom and construction related stocks can be bought on declines," Vijayakumar said.
The Indian stock market's benchmark Sensex slipped 263 points on Wednesday ahead of the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy outcome.
