Markets halt seven-day winning streak, all sectors struggle
Sensex closed with a loss of 729 points, or 0.93%, at 77,288.50, while the Nifty 50 settled 182 points, or 0.77%, lower at 23,486.85.
Sensex closed with a loss of 729 points, or 0.93%, at 77,288.50, while the Nifty 50 settled 182 points, or 0.77%, lower at 23,486.85.
At close, Sensex was up 147.79 points or 0.20% at 75,449.05, and the Nifty was up 73.30 points or 0.32% at 22,907.60.
Sensex snapped its five-day losing streak to end with a decent gain of about half a per cent tracking positive global cues.
At close, Sensex and Nifty stood 0.65% lower, with Sensex reaching 75,247.39 and Nifty at 22,763.20 points.
Nifty managed to close just above 22,900, while buying in broader indices also helped to recover intraday losses.
At close, the Sensex was up 239.37 points or 0.31% at 77,578.38, and the Nifty was up 64.70 points or 0.28% at 23,518.50.
On Nifty, Hindalco, Hero MotoCorp, Tata Steel, HUL, and M&M were the top gainers, rising 1.5-4 per cent while BPCL, TCS, Infosys, Trent, and Dr Reddy's Labs were the biggest losers falling 2.5-3 per cent.
At close, the Sensex was down 110.64 points or 0.14 per cent at 77,580.31, and the Nifty was down 26.35 points or 0.11 per cent at 23,532.70.
At the close, the Sensex had shed 984 points, or 1.3%, settling at 77,690, while the Nifty declined 324 points, or 1.4%,, to 23,559.
The stock market crash led to a sharp decline in the market capitalisation of all listed companies on the BSE by more than Rs 5.5 lakh crore.