Market erases all gains, Nifty falls below 23,300
At close, the Sensex was down 422.59 points or 0.54% at 77,155.79, while the Nifty fell 168.60 points or 0.72% at 23,349.90.
After slow early trade, Sensex continued trading in the green on Friday afternoon and ended at 246.32 points or 0.63 per cent higher at 39,298.38. Similarly, Nifty settled at 11,661.75, up 75.40 points or 0.65 per cent from its previous close.
During the trading session, S&P BSE Sensex index rose as much as 309 points to hit 39,361.06.
Yes Bank, Coal India, Maruti Suzuki were among the top gainers, while Tata Motors, Bajaj Auto, and Bharti Airtel were the top drags.
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The most active players were -HDFC AMC (6.11%); Yes Bank (8.44%), Indiabulls Hsg (17.42%), Reliance (1.37%), IRCTC (7.57%).
Shares of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) rose as much as 29.29 per cent to Rs. 57.60 on the BSE.
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