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Stock Market Today: The beginning of the trading day on Tuesday, February 17 in the Indian stock market was negative. Major benchmark indices BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 opened trading in the red.
The 30-share BSE Sensex index slipped 79.48 points or 0.10 per cent. Sensex started the day at the level of 83,197.67. At the same time, a decline is also being seen in NSE Nifty 50. Nifty 50 fell 44.80 points or 0.17 percent and opened at the level of 25,637.95.
By around 9:20 am, the Sensex was trading at 82,107 points, down by 169 points. Whereas Nifty 50 had fallen by 80 points and was trading at the level of 25,601.
BSE’s top gainers and losers
Asian Paint, HCL Tech, TCS and Tech Mahindra were the top gainers during the trading day. Whereas Eternal, Reliance, Mahindra & Mahindra and Tata Steel were the top losers.
How was the market on Monday?
A strong rally was seen in the Indian stock market on the trading day of Monday, 16 February. Major benchmark indices BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 ended the day trading in the green. Sensex closed at 83,277.15 points with a rise of 650.39 points or 0.79 percent, while NSE Nifty 50 closed at 25,682.75 points with a rise of 211.65 points or 0.83 percent.
PowerGrid, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, NTPC and ITC were the top gainers from the BSE basket. Talking about the top losers, they were Tech Mahindra, Maruti, Bajaj Finance, Mahindra & Mahindra and Trent.
There was a rise in the shares of Nifty 100, Nifty Bank, Nifty FMCG, Nifty Midcap 100, Nifty Smallcap 100 and Nifty IT. At the same time, Nifty Auto shares were falling. On Monday’s trading day, 22 shares from the BSE basket closed in the green and 8 shares recorded a decline.
American market situation
America’s Wall Street market remained closed on Monday due to the President’s Day holiday. However, despite the holiday, mixed trading was seen in US stock futures. S&P 500 futures were up 0.1 percent, while Nasdaq 100 futures slipped 0.2 percent. On the other hand, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were seen trading up 0.2 percent.
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