Russian President Putin recognised the independence of two rebel-held regions of Ukraine, raising fears of an imminent full-scale invasion
Closing Bell: The frontline S&P BSE Sensex fell 69 points to settle at 57,232 levels while the Nifty50 shut shop at 17,063 down 29 points
The Sensex ended the session at 57,300, with a decline of 383 points, or 0.66 per cent
CLOSING BELL: Fears of sanctions pushed the Brent crude above the $99 a barrel-mark
Closing Bell: Hindalco, UPL, Sun Pharma, Adani Ports, Divis Labs, and TCS were the top drags, down up to 3.45 per cent
Equity indices surrendered mid-session gains to close lower for the third day in a row on Friday
On the sectoral front, key indices ended in the negative zone led by the Nifty Realty index (down 1.2 per cent) and the Nifty Pharma index (down 0.8 per cent).
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower for a second day on Thursday after a volatile trade triggered by a selloff in banking shares.
HDFC (up 1.7 per cent), Reliance Industries (1.2 per cent), and Power Grid (0.56 per cent) were the top large-cap gainers today
The 30-share BSE Sensex swung nearly 800 points during the session before closing at 57,996.68 -- marking a loss of 145.37 points or 0.25 per cent
Among individual stocks, Bharti Airtel, M&M, HDFC, Kotak Bank, Nestle India, and Dr Reddy's Labs were the only Sensex gainers today
Log biggest gain in more than a year on signs of potential Russia-Ukraine 'climbdown'
Some troops in Russia's military districts adjacent to Ukraine are returning to their bases after completing drills, Russia's defence ministry was quoted as saying
Economists warned that US sanctions on Russia would have a severe impact on food, energy and metal prices
The NSE Nifty50, on the other hand, breached below the 16,850-mark to end 532 points, or 3.06 per cent, lower at 16,843. This was the indices biggest intra-day fall since November 26, 2021
The top five losing stocks were from the technology sector
All the sectoral indices settled in the negative territory today with technology and public sector banks being the worst hit. The IT and PSB indices dropped nearly 3% and 2%, respectively
The Sensex ended the session at 58,926 - a gain of 460 points, or 0.8 per cent. The Nifty, on the other hand, ended the session at 17,606 - up 142 points, or 0.8 per cent.
Rupee opened at 74.90 against the American dollar, and later witnessed an intra-day high of 74.88 and a low of 75.05 against the greenback
Repo rate was left unchanged at 4 per cent and the reverse repo rate at 3.35 per cent