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Category : market
Headline : Sensex falls 253 pts, Nifty at 22,050; pharma, banks under pressure
Date: 26/03/2024 10:49
Domestic bourses continued to hover in red during the morning deals weighed down by selling in index heavyweights including Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., UltraTech Cement Ltd. Wipro Ltd and Bharti Airtel Ltd. among others.

At 10:35 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 72578.18 down by -253.76 points or by -0.35 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22018.05 down by -78.7 points or by -0.36 %. Sensex touched intraday high of 72705.29 and intraday low of 72363.03 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22073.2 and intraday low of 21947.55

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 6903.00,+2.07%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1607.00,+1.23%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 990.65,+1.13%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3642.65,+0.62%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 2591.00,+0.61%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 270.30,-1.96%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 12200.50,-1.10%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 9599.00,-0.90%), Wipro Ltd. (Rs. 483.00,-0.83%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1225.55,-0.83%), among others.

Oil&Gas index was at 27356.05 up by 191.24 points or by 0.7%. Petronet LNG Ltd. (Rs. 266.70,+2.83%), GAIL (India) Ltd. (Rs. 177.60,+2.10%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 167.55,+1.45%), Adani Total Gas Ltd. (Rs. 949.40,+1.09%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 265.50,+0.87%),.

TECk index was at 16131.38 down by -75.83 points or by -0.47%. Sterlite Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 115.50,-2.12%), Hughes Ispat Ltd. (Rs. 77.37,-1.46%), Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 140.50,-1.37%), Tanla Platforms Ltd. (Rs. 839.00,-1.25%), MphasiS Ltd. (Rs. 2370.50,-0.83%),. The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3910 , shares advanced were 1540 while 2166 shares declined and 205 were unchanged.