Stock Markets CLOSING BELL! BSE Sensex, NSE Nifty 50 close in red; Power Grid, Nestle, Cipla among top gainers; bank, IT, metal stocks fall

Stock Markets ended in the red on Tuesday. The BSE Sensex closed at 52,567.30 today, down by over 168 points or 0.3 per cent. Meanwhile, the broader Market NSE Nifty 50 ended at 15,748.45, down by 66 points or 0.4 per cent. 

In the 30 share BSE Sensex, 13 stocks were trading in the green at the end of Tuesday’s trading session while the remaining 17 stocks were trading in the red at the closing time. The top 5 gainers on Tuesday at close were Power Grid, Hindustan Unilever, Dr Reddy’s Lab, Nestle India and Indusind Bank while the top 5 losers were ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Tech Mahindra, Bajaj Auto and Mahindra & Mahindra.  

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Meanwhile in the 50-share NSE Nifty 50, at the closing time 14 shares advanced, one stock remained unchanged while the remaining 35 declined. Power Grid, Nestle India, Cipla, Hindustan Unilever and Divis Lab were the top 5 gainers on Tuesday. The top 5 losers in the day’s trade were IOCL, ONGC, Hindalco Industries, Kotak Mahindra Bank and ICICI Bank.    

Major indices including Nifty Bank, Nifty Financial Services, Nifty Midcap 50 and Nifty Next 50 ended in the red on Tuesday.       

Nifty Indices     

1. Among the sectoral indices, Nifty Bank ended 0.9 per cent up at 35,010.30      
2. Nifty auto was up 0.9 per cent at 10,612.25 
3. Nifty Realty was also down by over 0.4 per cent and ended at 345.45.     
4. Nifty PSU Bank ended at 2,529.25, down 1.5 per cent from the Monday closing.    
5. Nifty Metal, Nifty Media and Nifty IT ended in the red while Nifty Pharma and Nifty FMCG ended in the green on Tuesday.            

Today, the USDINR futures were trading at 74.4500 on the BSE against the USD at 3:40 pm moving with some positive bias, though almost flat from the previous closing price on Monday.