Sensex slumps 361 points; Nifty ends below 17,550

Oct 1, 2021
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Bajaj Finserv was the highest loser within the Sensex pack adopted by Maruti, Bharti Airtel, Asian Paints, Bajaj Finance and HDFC.

Extending its losses for the fourth straight session, fairness benchmark Sensex tumbled 361 factors on Friday, weighed by HDFC twins, ICICI Financial institution and TCS amid a weak pattern in world markets.

The 30-share BSE index ended 360.78 factors or 0.61% decrease at 58,765.58. Equally, the NSE Nifty declined 86.10 factors or 0.49 % to 17,532.05.

Bajaj Finserv was the highest loser within the Sensex pack, shedding over 3% , adopted by Maruti, Bharti Airtel, Asian Paints, Bajaj Finance and HDFC.

Alternatively, M&M, Dr Reddy’s, UltraTech Cement and PowerGrid have been among the many gainers.

Benchmark indices fell for the fourth consecutive day on weak world cues, mentioned Binod Modi, Head – Technique at Reliance Securities.

“Heavy promoting stress on financials (excluding PSU banks) and IT dragged the index. Nonetheless, shopping for was seen in pharma, metals and PSU banks,” he famous.

He added that better-than-expected gross sales quantity for choose car firms enabled Nifty Auto index to recuperate from day’s low, whereas traders most well-liked to ebook some quantity of revenue within the IT area forward of September quarter earnings starting from subsequent week.

Elsewhere in Asia, bourses in Tokyo and Seoul ended within the pink. Shanghai and Hong Kong markets have been closed for a vacation.

Equities in Europe have been additionally buying and selling with important losses in mid-session offers.

In the meantime, worldwide oil benchmark Brent crude fell 0.47% to $77.94 per barrel.


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