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 Indian stock market's key indices rallied by around one per cent on Tuesday led by broad-based gains amid a rebound in global equities. The 30 stock S&P BSE Sensex closed 578.51 points or 0.98 per cent higher at 59,719.74 points against its previous day's close at 59,141.23 points.
Investors seemed to have already discounted the possible rate hikes by major central banks, including the US Federal Reserve. Positive cues from the overnight US markets too lent support.
The 30 stock S&P BSE Sensex jumped 300.44 points or 0.51 per cent to close at 59,141.23 points against its previous session's close at 58,840.79 points. Earlier, the Sensex started the day in the red at 58,747.31 points and fell to a low of 58,487.76 points in the early morning trade. The markets witnessed good buying support later in the day. The Sensex rose to a high of 59,277.55 points in the intra-day.
Sensex and Nifty were trading 0.1 per cent lower each. Among the Nifty 50 companies, 25 declined and the rest 25 advanced this morning
At 9.26 am, Sensex traded at 59,598.92 points, down 335.09 points or 0.56 per cent, whereas Nifty traded at 17,784.25 points, down 93.15 points or 0.52 per cent.
