According to Ravi Singh, Vice President and Head of Research, Share India, the hopes for further Russia Ukraine talks has calmed down the panic selling in the broader indices for a while.
CLOSING BELL: Metal stocks including Hindalco, Tata Steel, and JSW Steel were among the worst hit stocks on the bourses as they shed between 3.7 per cent and 5.3 per cent
CLOSING BELL: Shares of One97 Communications, the parent company of digital payments major Paytm, tanked 14.5 per cent to hit a new low of Rs 662 on the BSE in Monday's intra-day trade
Stability in commodity prices and a strong showing by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state polls improved investor sentiment
CLOSING BELL: Sectorally, the Nifty Pharma index was the best performing index, rising 2.5 per cent on the NSE. The Nifty Auto index, on the other hand, slipped 0.4 per cent
The Sensex jumped as much as 3 per cent, or 1,595 points, before it gave up half of the gains amid sharp losses in the European markets
The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex soared 817.06 points or 1.50 per cent to close at 55,464.39
CLOSING BELL: The markets, however, ended mildly off highs as European markets dropped up to 1 per cent in early deals as investors monitored the war in Ukraine and fluctuations in commodity prices
Many fear that the high commodity prices would lead to further pressure on inflation and boost prospects of stagflation
CLOSING BELL: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's reported statement that his country has cooled down on the question of a NATO membership calmed investor nerves
CLOSING BELL: The winners included Indian Oil Corporation, Sun Pharma, Tata Consumer Products, TCS, Cipla, Shree Cement, NTPC, Tech M, Dr Reddy's Labs, Wipro, Ultratech Cement, and Infosys
Sensex falls nearly 1,500 points with financial stocks being biggest drag
On the NSE, the Nifty50 index touched an intra-day low of 15,711 before settling at 15,863, down 382 points or 2.35 per cent
Benchmark indices shed up to 1.5% as oil price surge trigger spook investors; war adds to concerns of slowing economic growth and inflation
CLOSING BELL: Sectorally, only the Nifty IT index eked out gain on the NSE, rising 0.14 per cent
CLOSING BELL: Ultratech Cement, HDFC Life, Asian Paints, Shree Cement, Eicher Motors, SBI Life, and Tata Consumer Products were the top laggards, down up to 6.5 per cent
Closing Bell: The benchmarks were bogged down by Maruti Suzuki, Dr Reddy's Labs, Bajaj Auto, Hero MotoCorp, ICICI Bank, HDFC twins, Eicher Motors, and Sun Pharma
If your funds' decline on that day left you unnerved, you need to re-examine your holdings
The 10 most active securities during Feb 2022 were Reliance Industries, HDFC, Cipla, Tata Power, Adani Wilmar, Vodafone Idea Ltd, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Adani Power, Tata Motors and Infosys
Closing Bell: Hindalco (up over 7 per cent), Tata Steel, Power Grid, JSW Steel, Coal India, BPCL, Titan Company, RIL, and Indian Oil Corporation were the biggest large-cap gainers on the bourses today