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.
On the broader front, the S&P BSE MidCap ended flat at 15,155.04, up by 0.01 per cent, whereas SmallCap was up by 0.35 per cent at 15,025.51.
On the other hand, the index’s laggards were led by Bharti Airtel followed by UltraTech Cement, Maruti and Asian Paints.
BSE bankex, finance, industrials, auto and consumer durables indices rose up to 1.23 per cent, while realty, utilities, FMCG, metal and IT closed with losses.
On the other hand, PowerGrid, M&M, Tech Mahindra, Titan, NTPC, Bajaj Auto and UltraTech Cement were among the laggards.
On a weekly basis, Sensex and Nifty gained 1.47 per cent and 1.72 per cent respectively.
