Investors lost crores of rupees in the Indian stock market today too. The market closed with a huge decline on Friday, the last trading day of the week. The Bombay Stock Exchange index Sensex closed at 79,402 today with a decline of 0.83 percent i.e. 662 points. At the time of market closing, out of 30 Sensex stocks, 10 were in the green zone and 20 were in the red zone. Whereas, the National Stock Exchange index Nifty closed at 24,180 today with a decline of 0.90 percent i.e. 218 points. At the time of market closing, out of 50 Nifty stocks, 12 were in the green zone and 38 were in the red zone.
These stocks fell
Among the Nifty pack stocks, IndusInd Bank registered the biggest decline of 18.55 percent Apart from this, BPCL declined by 5.44 percent, Adani Enterprises by 4.63 percent, Shriram Finance by 4.62 percent and Coal India by 3.38 percent. On the other hand, the biggest gain was recorded in ITC bat2.45 percent Axis Bank bat1.95 ppercent BEL bat1.23 ppercent HUL bat1.13 ppercentand Britannia bat1.12 ppercent
Status of sectoral indices
Talking about sectoral indices, the biggest decline was recorded in Nifty Oil & Gas by 2.45 percent. Apart from this, Nifty Consumer Durables fell by 2.45 percent, Nifty Realty by 1.43 percent, Nifty Private Bank by 1.11 percent, Nifty PSU Bank by 2.18 percent, Nifty Pharma by 0.07 percent, Nifty Metal by 2.35 percent, Nifty Media by 1.64 percent, Nifty IT by 0.21 percent, Nifty Financial Services by 0.32 percent, Nifty Auto by 2.11 percent and Nifty Bank by 1.31 percent. Apart from this, Nifty FMCG rose by 0.93 percent and Nifty Healthcare by 0.34 percent.