Closing Bell: Hindalco, UPL, Sun Pharma, Adani Ports, Divis Labs, and TCS were the top drags, down up to 3.45 per cent
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).
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
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Among individual stocks, Bharti Airtel, M&M, HDFC, Kotak Bank, Nestle India, and Dr Reddy's Labs were the only Sensex gainers today
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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
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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
Repo rate was left unchanged at 4 per cent and the reverse repo rate at 3.35 per cent
Stock market LIVE: Sectorally, Nifty Auto index was the top performer now, up 1.5 per cent, followed by Nifty Private Bank, and IT indices. PSU index was the sole loser, down 0.8 per cent.
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The 30-pack index was lifted by Tata Steel (up 3 per cent), RIL (up 2 per cent), Bajaj twins, and Asian Paints
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FIIs' favorite names and heavyweights like HDFC twins, ICICI Bank, Infosys, Kotak Bank, and Reliance Industries saw sharp cuts
Nifty Metal shines; Hindustan Copper gains 6%; Godrej Properties, Monte Carlo Fashions slump 10% each; Vedant Fashions IPO subscribed only 11% on day 1
Among the Sensex pack, SBI was the biggest loser as it dropped over 2 per cent. M&M, NTPC, Kotak Bank, Bajaj Finserv, HDFC, Power Grid, and RIL were the other losers, all down between 1-1.8 per cent
Among sectors, all the key indices ended in the red, led by the Nifty IT index (down 2 per cent) and the Nifty Realty index (down 1.7 per cent). Nifty Auto index was the only gainer, up 0.4 per cent.
Financial stocks were the show-stoppers today as six of the top 10 Sensex contributors were either banks or NBFCs
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