Market bounces back sharply with Nifty finishing above 22,300
Benchmark indices on Wednesday bounced back sharply with Nifty finishing above 22,300, breaking a 10-day losing streak.
Benchmark indices on Wednesday bounced back sharply with Nifty finishing above 22,300, breaking a 10-day losing streak.
With today's fall, the Nifty50 closed in the negative zone for the tenth session in a row, while Sensex ended lower for third day.
Benchmark indices plunged nearly 2% on Friday, dragged down by a broad-based sell-off wiping out Rs 8.8 lakh crore in market capitalization. For the week, the total wealth erosion has been recorded at ₹20 lakh crore.
At close, Sensex was up 10.31 points or 0.01% at 74,612.43, and the Nifty was down 2.50 points or 0.01% at 22,545.05.
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.
In Asian markets, Japan's Nikkei was down 316 points, Hong Kong's Hang Seng declines 123 points while China's Shanghai surged 18 points on Monday morning.
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have sold assets worth about Rs 15,828 crore in Indian stock markets so far in 2023
A substantial reduction in both retail and wholesale inflation in the nation prevented the indices from falling much, though.
The marginal rise in indices for the second day can be partly attributed to the moderation in both retail and wholesale inflation in India.
Sensex traded at 60,316.99 points, up 224.02 points or 0.37 per cent, whereas Nifty was at 17,964.75 points, up 69.90 points or 0.39 per cent.