Sensex, Nifty sharply advance on back of Maha assembly polls results
Sensex and Nifty sharply advanced in the morning trade on Monday on the back of Maharashtra assembly election.
Sensex and Nifty sharply advanced in the morning trade on Monday on the back of Maharashtra assembly election.
At close, the Sensex was up 1,961.32 points or 2.54% at 79,117.11, and the Nifty was up 557.35 points or 2.39% at 23,907.25.
The Indian stock market, which saw a super rally on Tuesday, lost the steam towards the end amid heavy profit-booking, as fresh tensions between Ukraine and Russia came to light.
At close, the Sensex was down 820.97 points or 1.03% at 78,675.18, and the Nifty was down 257.80 points or 1.07% at 23,883.50.
At close, the Sensex was up 9.83 points or 0.01 per cent at 79,496.15, and the Nifty was down 6.90 points or 0.03 per cent at 24,141.30.
Nifty 50 plunged 824 points, falling below 24,000 for the first time since late June, while Sensex dropped by 2,686 points to an intra-day low of 78,295.
Things were rolling along fine for the markets until the FED meeting. Thursday, saw US markets fall as thoughts of an impending recession hit the markets overseas.
This week, the Nifty surpassed the 25,000 mark for the first time ever and Sensex broke the psychological 82,000 mark.
Sensex closed at 81,867.55, up 126 points, or 0.15%. The index hit its fresh all-time high of 82,129.49.
The Sensex closed 0.35% higher at 81,455.4, 285.94 points above opening price. The index traded between 81,828.04 and 81,434.32.
