Indian benchmark indices, the Nifty and the Sensex ended with minor cuts on monday with intensified selling seen in FMCG, realty and financial stocks and profit-booking by market heavyweights like reliance Industries, TCS, L&T, Tech mahindra and Bharti Airtel.

At close, the BSE barometer Sensex with 30-share constituents ended at 52,852 levels, fell 123.5 points or down by 0.23 per cent, while the Nifty50 index settled at 15,824, 31 poinst lower.  In the broader market segment there were mixed results. Mid-caps settled flat and smallcaps ended 0.29 percent higher. The market advance-decline ratio closed at 1:1.

SBI Life, Bajaj Hindalco, Divi's Lab, Finserv and UltraCement were the top gainers on the Nifty, while Wipro, reliance, Tate bank of India, JSW Steel and bpcl were the top losers.

Of the sectoral indices, Nifty IT, Metal, media and Pharma ended in green, whereas Nifty auto, bank, FMCG, Realty and Fin services closed in the red. While Nifty Metal saw a surge of 0.5 percent, Nifty auto ended lower over half a percent and Nifty Realty fell over 1 percent.

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Market close: Sense x falls 125 pts Nifty ends at 15 824

Shaik Abdul Sammad

26/07/2021 05:17 PM