Losing the week-over winning streak, benchmark indices ended the first trading session of the May series of derivatives contracts in red. Profit booking was seen almost across all the sectoral indices at both the exchanges from current level of higher expiry since last 3 months. Nifty end the day at 5871.45 down by 44.85 points from previous close losing -0.76%, while Sensex closed at 19286.72 shedding 120.13 points down by -0.62%.
All the thematic and sectoral indices barring a few marched down the southward direction and closed in the red on NSE. Among sectoral indices, CNX Realty was the biggest loser by -2.28% followed by CNX PSU Bank (-2.18%), CNX Energy (-1.55%), Bank Nifty (-1.52%) and CNX Metal (-1.48%). The only gaining sectoral indices on NSE were CNX Auto (0.72%), CNX Infra (0.59%) and CNX consumption (0.41%).
FIIs bought shares worth Rs. 1,449.70 crore while domestic institutional investors sold equities worth Rs. 1,269.43 crore on previous trading session, Thursday, as per the provisional data from the NSE.
Market breadth was negative for the NSE today as 489 stocks gained against 802 declined and 73 remained unchanged.
Market breadth was negative for the NSE today as 489 stocks gained against 802 declined and 73 remained unchanged.
Out of 50 stocks of Nifty index, 15 advanced and 35 declined.
Top Five Nifty gainers: Top gainer on the Nifty was Maruti (5.22%) followed by Bharti Airtel (4.99%), Bajaj Auto (3.37%), GAIL (1.77%) and HDFC (1.40%).
Top Five Nifty Losers: HCL Technologies (-5.21%) top the losers chart joined by Jindal Steel (-4.77%), Reliance (-3.17%), Hindustan Unilever (-2.99%) and ICICI Bank (-2.99%).
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