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Category : Market
Headline : Sensex down 338 pts; ONGC, RIL gain up to 2%
Date: 02/12/2022 09:55
In line with weak global markets, the domestic equities opened lower on Friday.

Maruti, Ultratech Cement, HDFC, Power Grid, TCS, ICICI Bank, and HUL led losses on the Sensex, down up to 1.6 per cent, while Eicher Motors and Divi's Labs were the top additional drags on the Nifty, up to 2 per cent lower.

On the flip side, IndusInd Bank, RIL, ONGC, Hindalco, BPCL, Tata Steel and Dr Reddy's were the handful of gainers across the two benchmark indices.

At 9:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 62945.45 down by -338.74 points or by -0.54 % and then NSE Nifty was at 18812.5 up by 54.15 points or by 0.29 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 63148.59 and intraday low of 62931.26 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 18887.6 and intraday low of 18778.2

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1180.00,+0.57%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2737.40,+0.53%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1107.30,+0.50%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 111.05,+0.32%), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (Rs. 4478.45,+0.14%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1273.15,-1.56%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (Rs. 2621.90,-1.53%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3427.60,-1.37%), Asian Paints Ltd. (Rs. 3139.55,-1.31%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 8841.20,-1.29%), among others. Metal index was at 20696.76 up by 83.54 points or by 0.41%. APL Apollo Tubes Ltd. (Rs. 1173.80,+3.65%), Vedanta Ltd. (Rs. 313.05,+0.92%), Coal India Ltd. (Rs. 227.35,+0.60%), National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 78.25,+0.38%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 464.60,+0.26%),.

Auto index was at 29994.9 down by -322.95 points or by -1.07%. Eicher Motors Ltd. (Rs. 3350.20,-2.54%), Ashok Leyland Ltd. (Rs. 145.35,-2.19%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1274.50,-1.46%), Bajaj Auto Ltd. (Rs. 3653.50,-1.46%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 8843.35,-1.26%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3104 , shares advanced were 1838 while 1120 shares declined and 146 were unchanged.