Bajaj twins, IT shares drag Sensex 195 pts, Nifty near 22,350; TaMo up 3.6%
Stock market highlights on March 5, 2024: Tata Motors advanced 3.58 per cent, Bharti Airtel added 3 per cent, and SBI 1.6 per cent
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Closing Bell on Tuesday, March 5: Equity markets were weak on Tuesday following tepid global mood, and profit booking in IT shares. The S&P BSE Sensex dropped 195 points, or 0.26 per cent, to end at 73,677 levels, while the Nifty50 closed at 22,356, lower by 49 points or 0.22 per cent.
Bajaj Finance and Bajaj Finserv were the top laggards on the 30-share benchmark with 4 per cent decline each, followed by Nestle India, Infosys, TCS, Ultratech Cement, Wipro, HCL Tech, HUL, L&T, and Tata Steel.
On the upside, Tata Motors advanced 3.58 per cent, Bharti Airtel added 3 per cent, and SBI 1.6 per cent.
In the broader markets, the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices, too, ended 0.17 per cent and 0.63 per cent weak, respectively.
Among sectors, the Nifty IT index slipped 1.6 per cent, the Nifty Media 1.4 per cent, and the Nifty FMCG 1 per cent. On the upside, the Nifty Auto rallied 1.3 per cent.
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First Published: Mar 05 2024 | 7:40 AM IST