Sensex, Nifty end with minor losses amid selling pressure in banks, auto stocks
The 30-stock S&P BSE Sensex ended the day at 79,441.45, dropping 35 points or 0.04% while the broader Nifty closed at 24,123.85, settling 18.10 points or 0.07% lower. Of the 16 sectoral indices on the NSE, 11 closed in the red while the remaining 5 ended in the green.
Indian headline indices ended Tuesday with minor declines amid selling pressure across sectors, including banks, auto and FMCG. The 30-stock S&P BSE ended the day at 79,441.45, dropping 35 points or 0.04% while the broader closed at 24,123.85, settling 18.10 points or 0.07% lower.Banking gauge Nifty Bank on Tuesday settled at 52,168.10, down by 406.65 points or 0.77%.
Top gainers and losers
The Nifty breadth was tilted in favour of the bears with 21 stocks ending in the green, 28 in the red while 1 remaining unchanged. The top gainers at the closing time were Larsen & Toubro (L&T), , , Tata Consumer and while the top losers were , , , and .Of the 16 sectoral indices on the NSE, 11 ended in the red while the remaining in the green. Nifty PSU Banks and Nifty Metal were among the ones ending on the losing side apart from bank, auto and FMCG. The gainers were Nifty IT, Nifty Media and Nifty Realty which jumped up to 1.1%.
Source: Stocks-Markets-Economic Times
