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.
ICICI Bank, Kotak Bank, HUL, HDFC, IndusInd Bank, HDFC Bank and Nestle India were among the top drags in the Sensex pack.
At 12.57 p.m. the Sensex was trading at 31,958.16, up by 317.34 points or 1 per cent.
Market tried to cut off losses in the morning session but failed as selling resumed in consumer durables and banking sectors.
Other gainers on the BSE chart included PowerGrid, ONGC and Reliance Industries were among the major gainers.
1. Bharti Airtel and Sun Pharma were the gainers in the BSE index. 2. HDFC twins, ICICI Bank, Infy and RIL lead the market losers.