Market posted strong gains, most of Adani Group stocks recover
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.
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.
At close, the Sensex was down 55.47 points or 0.07 per cent at 79,486.32, and the Nifty was down 51.15 points or 0.21 per cent at 24,148.20 .Equities ignored positive global markets after the US Federal Reserve cut its benchmark lending rate by a quarter percentage point.
ONGC was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rallying over 7 per cent, followed by NTPC, Tata Steel, Bajaj Finance, ITC, IndusInd Bank, SBI and Reliance Industries.
The losers were led by Nestle India, ITC, HUL and Kotak Bank were among the gainers.
The S&P BSE Sensex gave away the 46,000 mark to trade 0.76 per cent or 350.31 points lower at 45,753.19. I
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) were net buyers in the capital market as they purchased shares worth Rs 2,909.60 crore on Tuesday, according to provisional exchange data.
ITC was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising around 2.10 per cent, followed by Reliance, HCL Tech, NTPC, Asian Paints, and Axis Bank.