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Stock Markets Today HIGHLIGHTS: Domestic stock markets ended in the red on Thursday amid profit booking. Nifty50 was trading at 18,343.90, down 65 points or 0.36 per cent while the 30-stock BSE Sensex was trading at 61,750.60, down by 230.12 points or 0.37 per cent. The top gainers were Tata Consumer Products, Adani Enterprises, Larsen & Toubro, Power Grid HDFC Life while the top losers were Apollo Hospitals, Tata Motors, Eicher Motors, Mahindra & Mahundra and Titan. Bank Nifty closed trading at 42,458.05, down by 77.25 points or 0.18 per cent.
Here are top highlights of the day’s action:
1) Markets ended their two-day gaining streak to settle negative on Thursday, a day of expiry. The weakness was primarily borrowed from global factors.
2) Profit booking was seen in the last hour of trade.
3) The domestic Out of the 15 sectoral indices 13 were trading in the red against 2 gainers. Nifty PSU Bank was up 0.79 per cent while Nifty Realty ended nearly flat albeit with a positive bias. Nifty Auto (-1.36 per cent), Nifty Consumer Durables (-1.36 per cent) and Nifty IT (-0.90 per cent) were the biggest sectoral losers.
4) India VIX, a measure of index volatility was at 14.88, down 1.47 per cent.
5) Correction was seen in broader markets as well with Nifty Mid Cap 100 settling at 31,072, down 0.40 per cent while Nifty Small Cap 100 closed at 9,663.50, down 0.34 per cent.
6) Paytm stocks tanked nearly 11 per cent on NSE reacting to the block deal. The shares ended at Rs 536.60, down Rs 64.85 from the Wednesday closing price.
7) Rupee falls 37 paise to close at 81.63 (provisional) against US dollar. USDINR November futures were trading at 81.6675, up 0.3350 or 0.41 per cent on the BSE.
8) Profit booking was seen in MCX Gold and Silver futures. December Gold futures were trading at Rs 52930 per 10 gram, down by Rs 132 while December Silver futures were trading at Rs 61295 per kg, down nearly Rs 700.
9) Dow 30 Futures were trading at 33,655.10, 101.30 points or 0.30 per cent higher. SGX Nifty was trading at 18,375.0, down 105 points or 0.57 per cent.
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