The impact of keeping the key interest rate repo rate unchanged in the monetary policy committee meeting of the Reserve Bank of India was also seen on the stock market. The major index Sensex opened with a gain today on the week’s last trading day. However, as soon as the RBI governor announced the decision, the market fell. Gradually the decline reduced and the market closed in red. BSE Sensex closed at 81,709 today with a decline of 0.07 percent i.e. 56 points. At the same time, the index of the National Stock Exchange, Nifty closed at 24,677 today with a decline of 0.12 percent i.e. 30 points. At the time of market closing, out of 50 stocks of Nifty, 18 stocks were in the green and 32 stocks were in the red.
These stocks rose
Talking about the Nifty pack, today the biggest gainers were Tata Motors (3.21%), Bajaj Auto (2.34%), Axis Bank (1.50%), BPCL (1.28%) and Dr. Reddy (1.10%). On the other hand, the biggest losers were Adani Ports (1.51%), Cipla (1.42%), Bharti Airtel (1.09%), HDFC Life (1.08%) and IndusInd Bank (0.99%).
Status of sectoral indices
Talking about sectoral indices, today the highest gain was recorded in Nifty Metal at 1.23 percent. Apart from this, Nifty Auto rose by 0.94 percent, Nifty Financial Services by 0.10 percent, Nifty FMCG by 0.24 percent, Nifty Metal by 1.23 percent, Nifty PSU Bank by 0.42 percent, Nifty Consumer Durables by 1.09 percent, Nifty Oil and Gas by 0.03 percent and Nifty Midsmall Healthcare by 0.03 percent. Apart from this, Nifty Healthcare Index fell by 0.06 percent, Nifty Realty by 0.05 percent, Nifty Private Bank by 0.01 percent, Nifty Pharma by 0.13 percent, Nifty Media by 0.33 percent, Nifty IT by 0.20 percent, Nifty Financial Services by 0.11 percent and Nifty Bank by 0.18 percent.