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Equity indices settle lower in volatile trade; Sensex down 304 pts
Paring the entire opening session gains, India's key equity indices -- Sensex and Nifty -- settled on a negative note on Wednesday. Sensex settled 0.5 per cent or 304 points lower at 57,685 points, whereas Nifty 0.4 per cent or 70 points down at 17,246 points. Among the sectoral indices, Nifty auto was the top loser, declining 1.04 per cent during the session.
Equity indices extend gains; Sensex up over 200 pts
At 9.55 a.m., Sensex was 0.4 per cent or 216 points up at 58,206 points, whereas Nifty 0.5 per cent or 61 points up at 17,377 points. "There are two significant trends in the market now. One, 17000 Nifty has now become a strong technical support for the market. The sharp bounce from the 17,000 levels yesterday indicates that this is a strong support level now," said V.K. Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services.
Equity indices extend losses, Sensex declines around 250 pts
On Monday, Sensex and Nifty fell 1 percent each. At 9.57 a.m. on Tuesday morning, Sensex was 0.5 percent or 260 points down at 57,032 points, whereas Nifty was 0.4 percent or 69 points down at 17,048 points. Sectors that won't be impacted at all by crude spike and potentially higher inflation like IT and pharma are safe havens now, said V.K. Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services.
Equity indices close lower; Nifty, Sensex down 1% each
Rising crude oil prices amid no signs of settling down of war in Ukraine weighed on the investors' sentiment. "With no significant improvement in the tensions between Russia & Ukraine and uncertainty in the Gulf region, crude prices surged leading to a sell-off in the domestic market after the recent rally," said Vinod Nair, Head of Research at Geojit Financial Services.
Equity indices a tad down in early trade
At 9.48 a.m., Sensex was 0.1 per cent or 71 points down at 57,793 points, whereas Nifty 0.1 per cent or 10 points down at 17,277 points. After a sharp decline in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war, the Indian equity benchmark Sensex had increased over 5,000 points in the past eight trading sessions since March 8. During the said time period, Nifty rose over 1,400 points.
Indian equities attractive, FIIs to come back 'sooner than later': Samco Securities
With structural attractiveness in Indian equities among the emerging markets and the possibility that some Russian equity allocations in foreign portfolios will come to India, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) are expected to make a comeback "sooner than later", said brokerage house Samco Securities. FIIs have now been net sellers in the Indian equities market for more than 5 months in a row, the brokerage said, referring to National Securities Depository (NSDL) data.
Keeping early gains intact, indices close session on high
A policy rate hike of 25 basis points by the US Fed at its latest meeting and signs of some progress in talks between Russia and Ukraine supported investors' sentiment across the board on Wednesday. Sensex closed 1.8 per cent or 1,047 points higher at 57,864 points, whereas Nifty 1.8 per cent or 312 points higher at 17,287 points.
Indices extend gains on global cues; Sensex up nearly 1,000 pts
Policy rate hike of 25 basis points by the US Fed at its latest meeting and signs of some progress in talks between Russia and Ukraine supported investors' sentiment globally."The economy is very strong, and against the backdrop of an extremely tight labor market and high inflation, the Committee anticipates that ongoing increases in the target range for the federal funds rate will be appropriate," Fed Chairman Jerome Powell told reporters after the policy meeting on Wednesday.
Stocks in which foreign investors raised stake amid outflows
Amid the massive foreign fund outflows, few domestic stocks such as Chambal Fertiliser, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation and ACC, among some others, have attracted foreign investors' attention. Healthy fundamentals and sector-specific outlook of these companies have made them prime targets for foreign investors.
Indices settle high led by rally in realty, metal; Sensex up 1,040 pts
Keeping its early gains intact, India's key equity indices -- Sensex and Nifty - settled sharply higher on Wednesday led by rally in all the sectoral indices. Among all, Nifty metal, realty, and oil and gas were the top movers during the session, rising 2.6 per cent, 3.6 per cent, and 2.0 per cent, respectively. Coming to the indices, Sensex settled 1.9 per cent or 1,040 points up at 56,816 points, whereas Nifty 1.9 per cent or 312 points up at 16,975 points.
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