Mumbai: The second trading day of the week ended on a lower note in the Indian stock markets. The Sensex was down 631 points (1.04 per cent) at 60,115. Meanwhile, the NSE Nifty was down 187 points (1.03 per cent) at 17,914.
Today’s trading in the stock market started with a downtrend. As of 09:48 am, the Sensex was down 304.45 points at 60,442.86. The Nifty was down 81.40 points at 18,019.80 on the national bourse. After recovering from the previous week’s series of declines on Monday, Indian stock markets fell again today.
Indian stock markets ended their session lower due to a jittery environment in global markets and hints that the US Federal Bank may raise interest rates. The Sensex fell as much as 800 points to 59,938 during the trading hours. The Nifty fell over 200 points to 17,856.
By the end of today’s trading hours, the Sensex was down 631.83 points at 60,115.48. At the same time, Nifty fell by 187.05 points to close at 17,914.15.
In terms of individual stocks, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Hindustan Unilever, Wipro, M&M were higher. Nestlé India, L&T, Titan Company, Asian Paints, ITC, Reliance Industries, HDFC and State Bank of India were the losers.