Benchmark indices end in red for second consecutive day: HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank among top losers at BSE Sensex – Business News , Firstpost

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The benchmark indices ended in red for the second consecutive day, falling beneath 1 % on Friday. The BSE Sensex closed beneath the 50,500 mark whereas the NSE Nifty ended beneath 15,000.

The Sensex closed at 50,405.32, falling by 440.76 factors or 0.87 %. Similarly, the NSE Nifty ended decrease at 14,938.10, down by 142.65 factors or 0.95 %.

Among the sectoral indices, the Nifty Auto index fell over 0.84 % or 88.75 factors to shut at 10,537.00. Following the identical pattern, the Nifty IT index fell by 1.57 % or 402.25 factors to shut at 25,229.65. Nifty FMCG, too, misplaced 0.25 % or 83.50 factors to end at 33,360.30 and Nifty Pharma declined 1.29 per cent to shut at 12,192.75.

The top 5 gainers at the BSE had been ONGC, Maruti Suzuki, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Nestle India, and UltraTech Cement, whereas the top losers had been HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Housing Development Finance Corporation, Axis Bank and State Bank of India.

In Nifty, the top 5 losers had been IndusInd Bank, Tata Motors, UPL, Wipro and Tata metal, whereas gainers included ONGC, Maruti Suzuki, GAIL, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Hero MotoCorp.

Here are 10 shares that moved probably the most on 5 March:

Reliance Industries: The shares closed at Rs 2,178.55, up by 1.60 % after the information that the corporate will cowl COVID-19 vaccination prices of its workers and households.

ONGC: The inventory ended at Rs 114.90, gaining over 1.95 % as the worldwide oil costs jumped greater than $1 a barrel.

Kotak Mahindra Bank: The shares rallied 1.24 % to shut at Rs 1,921.00 after the knowledge that an MoU has been signed by the financial institution with the Indian Army to deal with the wage account of the Indian military personnel.

Maruti Suzuki: The inventory rose by 1.60 % to shut at Rs 7,247.80.

IndusInd Bank: The inventory of the financial institution declined 4.79 % to shut at Rs 1,039.75.

State Bank of India: The shares of the financial institution fell 3.03 % to end at Rs 383.30.

Dr Reddy: The inventory ended at Rs 4,489.40 witnessing a fall of over 1.86 %.

NTPC: The share worth fell 1.85 per cent and ended at Rs 108.75.

ICICI Bank: The inventory was down by 1.80 per cent and ended at Rs 609.70.

Tata Motors: Shares of the corporate fell 3.80 % to shut at 326.30 on NSE because of the remark made by the corporate’s Chairman on no Tesla deal and decrease gross sales of JLR.