Market Highlights, Sept 13: Sensex ends flat, Nifty near 25,350; MidCap index settles at record high

Stock Market Highlights: The NSE Nifty Midcap 100 index ended at a record high closing level of 60,034.05 on Friday

Stock Market Highlights, Friday, September 13, 2024: Benchmark equity indices, the BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty, ended the week's last trading session on a flat note. The 30-share Sensex shed 71.77 points or 0.09 per cent to settle at 82,890.94, while the Nifty 50 ended 32.40 points or 0.13 per cent lower at 25,356.50. 

32 out of 50 constituent stocks ended in the negative territory, dragged by SBI Life, Adani Ports, HDFC Life, ITC, and Coal India with losses of up to 1.65 per cent, while Wipro, Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, and Grasim led the gains of up to 3.78 per cent on Friday.

From the BSE space, Adani Ports, ITC, Bharti Airtel, NTPC, and Maruti Suzuki India were the top laggards among the 19 constituent stocks of the Sensex that ended in the red, while Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Finance, and IndusInd Bank were the top gainers among the 11 stocks that settled with gains on Friday.

Among the broader indices, the Nifty Midcap 100 settled at a record high closing level of 60,034.05 with a gain of 393.75 points or 0.66 per cent. The index had touched an all-time high of 60,189.35 during intra-day trades on Friday.

Meanwhile, the Nifty Smallcap 100 index advanced for the second consecutive session to end with a gain of 0.78 per cent on Friday.

All the sectoral indices, barring FMCG, Healthcare, and OMCs, settled in the positive territory with Media, PSU Bank, and Realty indices ending 1 per cent higher each.

The Nifty IT index hit a record high of 43,571.65 during intra-day trade before settling at 43,394.35, with a gain of 0.56 per cent on Friday.