Sensex ends 227 points lower, Nifty dips below 10,250 on inflation fears
All that happened in Tuesday's trade
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Source: NSE
The benchmark indices settled lower on Tuesday on concerns that higher global crude oil prices would stoke inflation and impact future interest rate decisions by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), with oil marketers and bank stocks weighing on the Nifty50.
Brent crude oil, the international benchmark for oil prices, jumped above $65 per barrel for the first time since 2015 after the shutdown of the Forties North Sea pipeline knocked out significant supply from a market that was already tightening due to OPEC-led production cuts.
The Nifty Bank index fell as much as 1% after gaining 2.2% in the last three sessions. Oil marketers Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation and Indian Oil Corp lost as much as 2-3%.
Overseas, Asian shares took a small step back on Tuesday after three straight sessions of gains, with markets consolidating in the hope an upswing in global growth could outlast a likely hike in US borrowing costs this week.
4:13 PM
Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Financial Services
Profit-booking on the broader indexes capped the previous day’s gain as rising oil price casts caution over the inflation trajectory. Rate sensitive stocks underperformed ahead of today’s economic data CPI inflation & IIP. Mixed trend in global market ahead of two days of US Fed meet also slowed down the domestic sentiment.
3:55 PM
Nikhil Kamath, Co-Founder and Head of Trading, Zerodha
Markets opened slightly higher in trade on Tuesday, constant selling through the session took the indices lower to close with losses of close to one percent. Banking stocks underperformed with Bharti Infratel, TataPower, BPCL, IOC being the worst performers of the session, with crude prices rallying on the back of the North sea pipeline outage.
The issue inherently is that we are constantly underperforming our global peers and prices seem to have run up without the underlying fundamentals catching up yet.
We continue to maintain a negative outlook and advocate holding shorts at the current juncture.
3:47 PM
Sensex heatmap at close
Source: BSE
Source: BSE
3:40 PM
Markets at close
The S&P BSE Sensex ended at 33,227, down 227 points, while the broader Nifty50 settled at 10,240, down 82 points.
Source: BSE
The S&P BSE Sensex ended at 33,227, down 227 points, while the broader Nifty50 settled at 10,240, down 82 points.
| S&P BSE SENSEX | 33,227.99 | -227.80 | -0.68 |
| S&P BSE SENSEX 50 | 10,692.83 | -75.98 | -0.71 |
| S&P BSE SENSEX Next 50 | 35,410.92 | -426.71 | -1.19 |
| S&P BSE 100 | 10,717.78 | -84.78 | -0.78 |
| S&P BSE Bharat 22 Index | 3,688.35 | -32.94 | -0.89 |
Source: BSE
3:25 PM
Sectoral trend in last leg of trade
Source: NSE
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3:08 PM
Markets check
At 3:05 pm, the S&P BSE Sensex was trading at 33,235, down 220 points, while the broader Nifty50 was ruling at 10,244, down 77 points.
Source: BSE
At 3:05 pm, the S&P BSE Sensex was trading at 33,235, down 220 points, while the broader Nifty50 was ruling at 10,244, down 77 points.
| Index | Current | Pt. Change | % Change |
| S&P BSE SENSEX | 33,230.05 | -225.74 | -0.67 |
| S&P BSE SENSEX 50 | 10,695.71 | -73.10 | -0.68 |
| S&P BSE SENSEX Next 50 | 35,438.06 | -399.57 | -1.11 |
| S&P BSE 100 | 10,721.65 | -80.91 | -0.75 |
| S&P BSE Bharat 22 Index | 3,687.68 | -33.61 | -0.90 |
Source: BSE
2:55 PM
Nifty slips below 10,250; top five losers
Source: NSE
2:39 PM
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First Published: Dec 12 2017 | 3:36 PM IST