Market Reality
India's equity markets, long buoyed by strong economic growth and rising corporate earnings, are now facing a sharp and prolonged correction.
India's equity markets, long buoyed by strong economic growth and rising corporate earnings, are now facing a sharp and prolonged correction.
The stock market extended the losses to the fourth session on Wednesday and ended marginally lower in the highly volatile session. At close, the Sensex was down 28.21 points or 0.04% at 75,939.18, andthe Nifty was down 12.40 points or 0.05% at 22,932.90.
On the losing side were Indusind Bank (2.30%), Trent (1.94%), Ultratech Cement (1.58%), Bharat Electronics (1.57%), and Mahindra & Mahindra (1.48%).
At close, the Sensex was up 57.65 points or 0.08% at 75,996.86, and the Nifty was up 30.25 points or 0.13% at 22,959.50.
At close, Sensex was down 199 points or 0.3 per cent at 75,939, and the Nifty was down 102 points or 0.4 per cent at 22,929. About 642 shares advanced, 3,200 shares declined, and 73 shares were unchanged.
Indian stock indices, which have been buoyant over the past several sessions, touched their all-time highs last Wednesday too.
Indian Fintech giant Paytm has hit headlines for many positives recently.
Strong fundamentals including a firm GDP outlook, moderate inflation, and strong purchases by foreign investors saw the markets trading in the green.
On Thursday, Adani Enterprises' shares surged 1.74 per cent to Rs 1,589.90 apiece on BSE. It had gone up 15.90 per cent in a span of five days.
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have sold assets worth about Rs 15,828 crore in Indian stock markets so far in 2023
