INDIAN EQUITY MARKET CLOSED LOWER DRAGGED BY BANK,FMCG,AUTO STOCKS
Domestic equity market traded lower on Friday dragged by losses in banks, FMCG and auto sectors. The sentiment was further weighed by a decline in world stocks as jitters over a rising global COVID-19 infection rate and next week’s U.S. presidential election.
The BSE Sensex ended 135.78 points or 0.34 per cent lower at 39,614.07 levels .12 out of 30 stocks were in advance while 18 stocks were in decline. It touched intraday high of 39,988.25 and low of 39,241.87.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended at 11,642.40, down 28.40 points, or 0.24 per cent.27 out of 50 stocks were in advance while 23 stocks were in decline. It touched intraday high of 11,748.95 and low of 11,535.45.
On Sectoral Front, Realty, Energy, Metal, Media ,IT, Pharma Indexes were the gainers with a gain of 2.15%, 1.74%, 1.56%, 1.47%, 0.19%, 0.16% respectively whereas Auto, Bank, FMCG Indexes were the losers with a loss of 1.13%, 0.79%, 0.79% respectively.
On BSE, Shares of Tata Steel, Sun Pharma, Nestle India, Reliance, NTPC, TCS, Tech Mahindra, ONGC were the gainers with a gain of 2.27%, 1.97%, 1.79%, 1.37%, 1.33%, 1.18%, 1.02%, 0.85% respectively while shares of shares of Bharti Airtel, HUL, Maruti, Bajaj Finance, ICICI Bank, Kotak Bank, Bajaj Auto, Infosys were the losers with a loss of 3.82%, 2.32%, 2.22%, 2.13%, 1.84%, 1.49%,1.36%,1.32% respectively.
On NSE, Shares of Adani Ports, BPCL ,Coal India ,NTPC, Sun Pharma, Hindalco, Reliance, Tata Steel, Gail were the gainers with a gain of 4.46%, 3.51%, 3.43%,2.14%, 2.14%, 1.91%, 1.85%, 1.82%, 1.68% respectively while shares of Bharti Airtel, Hero Moto corp, Maruti, Eicher Motors, Bajaj Finance, HUL, Kotak Bank, ICICI Bank were the losers with a loss of 4.00%,3.08%, 2.52%, 2.43%, 2.37%, 2.22%, 1.65%, 1.60% respectively.
Asian stocks sank Friday as investors looked ahead to next week’s U.S. presidential election and weighed the chances of economic stimulus from Washington and Europe.
European markets were mixed on Friday as jitters over the upcoming U.S. election and tightening coronavirus restrictions across the continent weighed on sentiment.
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BPCL gained over 3% as the company posted a 58.44 per cent year-on-year (YoY) growth in consolidated net profit to Rs 2,589.52 crore for the quarter ended September 30.
Maruti Suzuki share price fell as Global research firm CLSA has maintained a sell on the stock.
