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Equities settle marginally down; banking stocks top losers
In the morning session, the indices traded marginally in the red to later rise in afternoon trade, while it tanked towards the end of the session. Accordingly, Sensex closed at 57,892 points, down 0.2 per cent or 105 points, whereas Nifty closed 17,305 points, down 0.1 per cent or 18 points. Banking stocks were the top drags during the session, data showed.
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The FIIs were net sellers on BSE, NSE & MSEI in the capital market segment. They sold Rs 1,890.96 crore worth of equities. Globally, Asian shares rallied on Wednesday as fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine dissipated after Moscow indicated it was returning some troops to base in an apparent de-escalation, delivering investors a measure of relief.
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The upward movement comes a day after a sharp correction took place on the back of heightened tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Accordingly, on Tuesday attractive stock valuations brought a healthy influx of domestic institutional as well as retail funds into the market. In the initial trade, both the indices had a gap up opening.
Warmongering: Russia-Ukraine tensions trigger equity sell-off; spikes oil prices
Accordingly, the two indices witnessed their sharpest percentage fall in 10 months. In the initial part of trading, east Asian stocks slid and commodities, including crude oil, surged as geopolitical risks over Ukraine rippled through global markets. The Brent-indexed Crude oil prices crossed $96 per barrel, the highest in seven years. Notably, Russia is one of the world's top producers of Crude oil.
Global cues, domestic data plunge India's equities; Sensex down over 1,600 pts
Besides, high crude oil prices along with selling pressure from FIIs dragged the two indices lower. Consequently, global stocks slid on Monday and commodities, including crude oil, surged as geopolitical risks over Ukraine rippled through global markets. On the domestic front, volumes on the NSE were a little higher than the recent average.
Equities settle sharply low on global cues; Nifty IT, realty among losers
On Friday, Sensex settled at 58,153 points, down 1.3 per cent or 773 points, whereas Nifty settled at 17,375 points, down 1.3 per cent or 231 points. All the Nifty sectoral indices declined sharply on Friday, with Nifty IT, PSU Bank, and realty declining the most, exchange data showed.
RBI's status-quo on rates, stance buoys market: Power stocks rise
Besides, the growth-oriented accommodative stance was retained to give a push to economic activity. Initially, indices opened with a marginal up-gap, but fell soon thereafter to make an intra day low. They later rose after the RBI's announcement. Globally, a tech-fuelled global stocks rally cooled in Asia on Thursday as investors took a more cautious posture amid uncertainties around the outlook for inflation and interest rates.
RBI's accommodative stance supports equities; Sensex, Nifty settle high
The RBI keeping the repo rate unchanged in its latest monetary policy meeting and maintained an accommodative stance going ahead supported the broader market indices. The RBI's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) maintained the repo rate, or short-term lending rate, for commercial banks, at 4 per cent and stance accommodative to give a push to economic activity.
Equity settles sharply high; Nifty auto, metal, media indices rise (Ld)
Sensex settled at 58,466 points, up 1.1 per cent or 657 points from the previous close. Nifty settled at 17,464 points, up 1.1 per cent or 197 points from its previous close. Barring Nifty PSU bank and oil & gas, all sectoral indices traded in the green on Wednesday.
Equities rise in early trade; majority of Nifty50 stocks in green
At 9.34 a.m., Sensex traded at 58,318 points, up 0.9 per cent or 510 points from the previous close of 57,809 points. It opened at 58,163 points. Nifty traded at 17,415 points, up 0.9 per cent or 148 points from the previous close of 17,267 points. It opened at 17,370 points.
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