On Tuesday, the BSE benchmark Sensex declined 152.93 points or 0.19 per cent to settle at 81,820.12. The Nifty settled lower by 70.60 points or 0.28 per cent to 25,057.35.
Shares of K&R Rail Engineering surged around 20 per cent today. The surge in the stock comes even as the benchmark Sensex declined by 318 points on Wednesday due to selling in IT and auto shares amid unabated foreign fund outflows and weak trends in global markets. The counter opened in green at Rs 319.70 and gained further to touch the intra-day high of Rs 388.25.
Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex declined by 318.76 points or 0.39 per cent to settle at 81,501.36. During the day, it slumped 461.86 points or 0.56 per cent to 81,358.26. The NSE Nifty declined by 86.05 points or 0.34 per cent to close at 24,971.30.From the 30 Sensex firms, Mahindra & Mahindra, Infosys, Kotak Mahindra Bank, JSW Steel, Adani Ports, Tata Motors, Adani Ports, ITC and Titan were the major laggards.
HDFC Bank, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Industries, Asian Paints and State Bank of India were the gainers. “The market traded range bound with a negative bias due to the fear of a downgrade in FY25 earnings, which could impact the sustainability of premium valuation,” Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Financial Services said.
Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 1,748.71 crore on Tuesday, according to exchange data.
In Asian markets, Seoul, Tokyo and Hong Kong settled lower, while Shanghai ended in the positive territory. European markets were trading in the negative territory. The US markets ended lower on Tuesday.
Global oil benchmark Brent crude climbed 0.08 per cent to USD 74.32 a barrel. On Tuesday, the BSE benchmark Sensex declined 152.93 points or 0.19 per cent to settle at 81,820.12. The Nifty settled lower by 70.60 points or 0.28 per cent to 25,057.35.
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