Stock market closes in a mix; PFC, REC, IREDA suffer loss
At the close, Sensex was 17 points, or 0.02 per cent, higher at 73,895.54, while the Nifty 50 closed 33 points, 0.15 per cent , lower at 22,442.70.
At the close, Sensex was 17 points, or 0.02 per cent, higher at 73,895.54, while the Nifty 50 closed 33 points, 0.15 per cent , lower at 22,442.70.
The overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms dropped to nearly Rs 406.2 lakh crore from nearly Rs 408.5 lakh crore in the previous session.
Sensex closed with a gain of 128 points, or 0.17%, at 74,611.11 while the Nifty settled at 22,648.20, up 43 points, or 0.19%.
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.
HDFC Bank and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) emerged as the biggest gainers in line with an overall positive trend in equities.
At the close, the Sensex ended 350.81 points, or 0.47% higher at 74,227.63 while the Nifty 80 points or 0.36% at 22,514.70.
At the time of close, the Sensex was down 27.09 points, or 0.04%, at 73,876.82, while the Nifty was down 18.6 points, or 0.08%, at 22,434.70.
In a sector-wise analysis, the realty, metal, oil and gas, media, power and auto were up 1-2%, while the information technology and telecom indices were down 0.5% each.
The markets started the new financial year on a robust note and were seen compounding their gains with buying seen across sectors, especially in power, realty and metal names.