HDFC (up 1.7 per cent), Reliance Industries (1.2 per cent), and Power Grid (0.56 per cent) were the top large-cap gainers today
Among individual stocks, Bharti Airtel, M&M, HDFC, Kotak Bank, Nestle India, and Dr Reddy's Labs were the only Sensex gainers today
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The NSE Nifty50, on the other hand, breached below the 16,850-mark to end 532 points, or 3.06 per cent, lower at 16,843. This was the indices biggest intra-day fall since November 26, 2021
All the sectoral indices settled in the negative territory today with technology and public sector banks being the worst hit. The IT and PSB indices dropped nearly 3% and 2%, respectively
Repo rate was left unchanged at 4 per cent and the reverse repo rate at 3.35 per cent
Stock market LIVE: Sectorally, Nifty Auto index was the top performer now, up 1.5 per cent, followed by Nifty Private Bank, and IT indices. PSU index was the sole loser, down 0.8 per cent.
Among the Sensex pack, SBI was the biggest loser as it dropped over 2 per cent. M&M, NTPC, Kotak Bank, Bajaj Finserv, HDFC, Power Grid, and RIL were the other losers, all down between 1-1.8 per cent
Among sectors, all the key indices ended in the red, led by the Nifty IT index (down 2 per cent) and the Nifty Realty index (down 1.7 per cent). Nifty Auto index was the only gainer, up 0.4 per cent.
Financial stocks were the show-stoppers today as six of the top 10 Sensex contributors were either banks or NBFCs
For the week, the Sensex and the Nifty indices are down 3% each
Sectorally, the Nifty PSU Bank index jumped a massive 5 per cent on the NSE, while the Nifty Bank and Private Bank indices added about a per cent each
Bargain buying in banking and auto counters amid better-than-expected Q3 results by Axis Bank and Maruti Suzuki pushed the index 367 points higher at 57,858 level at close
The frontline S&P BSE Sensex crashed nearly 2,000 points intra-day, hitting a low of 56,984. It, however, staged a mild recovery in the fag-end and ended 1,546 points, or 2.6 per cent, lower at 57,491
Stock market LIVE: Sectorally, auto and FMCG were the only gainers on the Nifty wherein the latter was supported by gains in HUL and Asian Paints on the back of their strong Q3 results.
Stock market LIVE: Sector-wise, only Auto, metals and energy stocks were trading higher. Meanwhile, Nifty IT index, down nearly 2 per cent , was still the biggest loser. .
In the intra-day trade, the indices hit a low of 60,662 and 18,086, respectively
In the broader market, the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices outperformed the benchmarks and ended up to 0.6 per cent higher.
The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices gained 1 per cent and 0.7 per cent, respectively. Telecom stocks logged smart gains after telcos pitched for 90-95 per cent cut in 5G spectrum auction prices
The broader markets were quiet today with the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices ending little changed