Market fails to hold early gains, end on negative note
At close, the Sensex was down 131.43 points or 0.16% at 82,948.23, and the Nifty was down 41 points or 0.16% at 25,377.50.
At close, the Sensex was down 131.43 points or 0.16% at 82,948.23, and the Nifty was down 41 points or 0.16% at 25,377.50.
Sensex closed 91 points, or 0.11% higher at 83,079.66, while the Nifty 50 settled at 25,418.55, up 35 points, or 0.14%.
Sensex ended 98 points, or 0.12%, higher at 82,988.78, while the Nifty 50 settled at 25,383.75, up 27 points, or 0.11%.
India VIX, also known for assessing market anxiety, eased nearly 14% to just above 16.
On the back of strong global cues, indices opened at fresh record high and extended the gains in the first half.
Nifty 50 closed nearly 9 points, or 0.03 per cent, lower at 24,315.95, while the Sensex settled 27 points, or 0.03 per cent, down at 79,897.34.
Nifty 50 opened at a record high of 23,629.85, touched another record high at 23,664.00, before fallling into the red as investors booked profit.
Sensex opened at a record high of 77,543.22 and closed at 77,337.59, up 36.45 points, or 0.05%.
Both the indices hit their fresh record highs, jumping almost 4%, and ended at their fresh closing highs with gains of over 3% each.
Experts believed that the market is reeling in the clutches of bears ahead of the Lok Sabha election outcome.
