Market witness sharp rebound; Sensex, Nifty end flat
Market witnessed on Wednesday sharp rebound amid buying in heavyweights and IT, oil and gas, FMCG stocks.
Market witnessed on Wednesday sharp rebound amid buying in heavyweights and IT, oil and gas, FMCG stocks.
At close, the Sensex was up 234.12 points or 0.30% at 78,199.11, and the Nifty was up 91.85 points or 0.39% at 23,707.90.
At close, the Sensex was down 720.60 points or 0.90 per cent at 79,223.11, and the Nifty was down 183.90 points or 0.76 per cent at 24,004.75.
The domestic benchmark indices opened lower on Tuesday as selling was seen in IT, realty, auto, financial service, FMCG, media and private bank sectors on Nifty.
The stock market ended higher on Friday, driven by gains. The domestic market witnessed low volatility in the absence of fresh triggers and traded on a positive note throughout the session.
As the Indian stock market keeps touching new highs amid a record bull run, over 42.4 lakh new demat accounts were opened in the month of June, the highest account opening rate since February.
Market opened at fresh highs with Nifty and Sensex crossing 24,300 and 80,000, respectively, for the first time.
Bank Nifty opened in green territory with an increase of 704 points or 1.35 per cent at 52 872.30 whereas the Nifty Midcap opened at 56149.90, an up of 295.20 or 0.53 per cent increase.
At close, the Sensex was up 0.56% at 79,476 and the Nifty was up 0.55% at 24,142.
Markets in the week went by shifted gears dramatically from Tuesday and for the next three days, there was high-speed driving at the bourses.