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.
The 30 stock S&P BSE Sensex closed 684.64 points or 1.20 per cent higher at 57,919.97 points against its previous day's close at 57,235.33 points. Earlier, the Sensex started the day sharply higher at 58,162.74 points and surged to a high of 58,435.12 points in the intra-day. The Sensex pared part of the gains due to profit-taking in the last hour of the trade. It touched a low of 57,848.23 points in the intra-day.
The 30 stock S&P BSE Sensex closed 390.58 points or 0.68 per cent down at 57,235.33 points against its previous day's close at 57,625.91 points. The Sensex started the day in the red at 57,512.74 points and it slumped to a low of 57,055.75 points in the intra-day. The Sensex touched a high of 57,568.14 points in the intra-day.
At 9.46 am, Rupee appreciated marginally from the previous day's close to trade at 82.288 per US dollar.
Among the Nifty 50 stocks, 41 declined and the rest 9 advanced this morning, National Stock Exchange data showed.
At 9.33 am, Sensex traded at 57,859.41 points, down 131.70 points or 0.23 per cent, whereas Nifty traded at 17,201.15 points, down 39.85 points or 0.23 per cent.
