sensex today: Market Watch: Expiry day sell-off leaves investors poorer by Rs 3.66 trillion | The Economic Times Podcast
Welcome to ETMarkets Watch, your daily wrap-up to the day on Dalal Street. I am Nikhil Agarwal.
Bringing the curtains down on a heightened volatile trading due to the expiry of weekly and monthly derivative contracts, Indian equity indices ended in the red on Wednesday with the BSE Sensex ending 774 points or 1.27% lower at 60,205, and Nifty 50 closing 226 points or 1.25% lower at 17,891. Selling was seen across all sectors.
Meanwhile, the market capitalisation of all listed companies on BSE declined by Rs 3.66 trillion to Rs 276.73 trillion.
Among Sensex stocks, SBI and IndusInd Bank were the top losers, falling over 4%. HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, HDFC, Tech Mahindra, UltraTech Cement and ICICI Bank also ended with cuts. However, HUL, Maruti, Tata Steel, NTPC and Sun Pharma managed to end with gains.
Sector-wise, Nifty PSU Bank fell 3.58% and Nifty Financial Services declined 2.54%. Nifty Oil & Gas and Nifty Realty also fell nearly 2%. Whereas, in the broader market, Nifty Midcap50 declined 1.48% and Smallcap50 fell 1.16%.
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