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- Today the Indian stock market fell, the five-day rise stopped.
- Indian IT shares fell as Accenture cut its growth estimates.
- The markets of Japan and South Korea reached record highs.
- US markets closed strong on Thursday, Fed rates stable.
Share Market Today on June 19: Today, a decline is being seen in the Indian stock market. On one hand, BSE’s 30-share index Sensex fell 557 points and opened at 76852. At the same time, NSE’s Nifty 50 started trading at the level of 23991 with a loss of 176 points. With this, the continuous rise in the domestic stock market in the last 5 days came to a halt today. IT stocks especially seem to be under pressure during trading today.
Accenture gave a shock!
Global consulting firm Accenture has reduced its growth forecast for the financial year 2026 to 3-4%. The company said that it is currently avoiding spending on new technologies. After this news, a huge fall of more than 16% was recorded in the shares of Accenture in the American stock market. This also affected the Indian IT index. Today in early trade, big IT companies like Wipro, Infosys and TCS are pulling the market downwards.
Asian market
Today a mixed trend is being seen in Asian markets. Due to the reduction in global tension after the peace agreement between America and Iran, tremendous growth is being seen in the markets of Japan and South Korea. Japan’s Nikkei 225 and South Korea’s Kospi index are trading at their all-time high levels for the 5th consecutive session.
Whereas, Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 opened with a gain of 0.6% on Friday after reaching a record high on Thursday. At the same time, South Korea’s Kospi rose again by 2.8% today after crossing the 9,000 mark for the first time yesterday. However, there was no change in the topics during this period. Small-cap Kosdaq fell by 0.39%. The markets of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan are closed today due to holiday.
American stock market
Recovery was seen in the US equity market on Thursday. US Fed FOMC decided to keep interest rates stable, but also hinted at raising rates in 2026. In this sequence, S&P 500 gained 1.08% and closed at the level of 7500.58. Nasdaq Composite also jumped 1.91% to 26517.93. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 72.15 points, or 0.14%, to close at 51,564.70. Let us tell you that today, Friday, June 19, is a national holiday on the occasion of Juneteenth, hence the American stock market and bond market will remain completely closed.
Crude oil price today
Today West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures are trading 0.77% lower at $ 76.01 per barrel. At the same time, Brent crude futures for August delivery are trading below the important psychological level of $80. Crude prices on COMEX are trading 0.77% lower at Rs 76.01 per barrel.
us dollar
The US Dollar Index (DXY) is seen trading 0.04% lower at 100.79 today. This index assesses the strength or weakness of the dollar against currencies like British pound, euro, Swedish krona, Japanese yen, Swiss franc. On June 18, the rupee had strengthened by 0.22% and closed at 94.33 against the dollar.
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