Stock market today: Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty settled mixed on Wednesday, June 19 after hitting record highs at the opening trade, weighed down by a drop in energy and state-owned companies after a recent rally. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 36.45 points or 0.05 per cent to settle at a record 77,337.59. During the early trade, Sensex clocked a fresh lifetime peak of 77,851.63. Meanwhile, halting the five-day rally, NSE Nifty declined by 41.9 points or 0.18 per cent to close at 23,516 after scaling a record high of 23,664 during the intra-day trade.

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Among the Nifty companies, 39 were declining while 11 were advancing. 

Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, IndusInd Bank, and Kotak Bank were the top decliners in the Nifty 50 universe while Titan, Maruti Suzuki, Bharti Airtel, Bajaj Auto, and BPCL led the gains.

The domestically focussed Nifty SmallCap 100 and Nifty MidCap100 lost 0.46 per cent and 0.97 per cent, respectively.

The high-beta Nifty Bank index, whose 12 constituents include SBI, HDFC Bank, and ICICI Bank finished 1.9 per cent or 957.15 points lower at 51,398.05.

Global Market

European shares were flat in lacklustre trade on Wednesday. Last seen, the pan-European STOXX 600 was down 0.14 per cent. 

(With agency inputs)

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