Sensex, Nifty updates on November 8, 2024: Indian equity indices ended lower on TFriday, with the Sensex down by 55.47 points at 79,486.32 and the Nifty falling 51.10 points to 24,148.20. Market breadth was negative, with 1,314 shares advancing and 2,475 declining. Sector-wise, IT gained 0.7 per cent, while media, PSU Bank, and metals dropped. Midcap and smallcap indices shed 1 per cent and 1.6 per cent, respectively.

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Sector performance was varied, with IT stocks gaining momentum while realty and energy sectors faced pressure

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices: The benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty, which traded on a weak note on Tuesday, settled 1 per cent lower for the day. Sensex closed at 78,675.18, lower by 820.97 points or 1.03 per cent, and Nifty 50 ended at 23,883.45, down by 257.85 points or 1.07 per cent. Barring the Nifty IT and Realty indices, all the sectoral indices are in red and led by bank stocks. As the Q2 earnings season concludes, analysts anticipate fund flows influencing market direction amid ongoing volatility. Gaurav Garg of Lemonn Markets Desk suggests that traders adopt hedged strategies focusing on selective stocks. Large-cap stocks are expected to perform relatively better as valuation pressures mount on the broader market. DSP Mutual Fund highlighted that mid-cap and small-cap indices have reached peak valuations, while large-cap stocks show signs of outperformance. Continued foreign portfolio outflows add to market volatility, but Pantomath Group’s ‘Market Kaleidoscope’ report points to India’s infrastructure push and rising private investment as economic stabilisers. Globally, Asian markets opened mixed, with gains in China and Japan offset by weaker Taiwanese and Korean indices.

From the Sensex pack, Tata Consultancy Services, Mahindra & Mahindra, ICICI Bank, Maruti Suzuki India, Power Grid, Axis Bank and Adani Ports & Special Economic Zones were among the laggards. On the other hand, HCL Technologies, Tech Mahindra, JSW Steel, Hindustan Unilever, Infosys and Titan were among the gainers.

From the 30-share Sensex pack, Tata Motors, Tech Mahindra, UltraTech Cement, JSW Steel, Sun Pharma, Asian Paints, IndusInd Bank and ICICI Bank were the major losers. State Bank of India emerged as the only gainer from the pack.

From the 30-share Sensex pack, NTPC, Asian Paints, HDFC Bank, State Bank of India, Tata Motors, JSW Steel, Maruti and Power Grid were among the major laggards. On the other hand, Sun Pharma, Infosys and ICICI Bank were the gainers.

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Share Market News Today | Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices Highlights: As many as 28 stocks out of 30 Sensex stocks settled in a deep sea of red with ICICI Bank as top laggard, down 11 per cent, followed by Bajaj Finance, HDFC, IndusInd Bank and Axis Bank.

Share Market News Today | Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices Highlights: As many as 19 stocks out of 30 Sensex stocks ended in negative territory with SBI (State Bank of India) as top Sensex loser, down 4.64 per cent.

Share Market News Today | Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: As many as 21 stocks out 30 Sensex scrips finished trade in positive territory with M&M as the top gainer, up 5.27 per cent, followed by Bajaj Finance, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank.

Share Market News Today | Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices Highlights: ONGC was the top laggard on BSE Sensex, with a fall of 4.54 per cent. NTPC, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Bharti Airtel and Titan were other losers on the Sensex pack

Reliance Industries share price extended gains in the late afternoon trade on Thursday, jumping over 2%, while headline index Sensex mostly traded in red, even as RIL denied the buzz about talks with Microsoft for further investment in its telecom arm Jio.

Various news flows viz., stake sale by Reliance Industries in its subsidiary Jio Platforms, block deal in HUL, government’s decision to increase the tax on retail fuel etc., influenced the market movements.

BSE Sensex slipped by 214 points to end at 27,011.31, while NSE Nifty ended below the 8,200-mark.

BSE Sensex tanked 723 pts, its second biggest single day fall since Narendra Modi govt took over; Salman Khan, GST, others field the blame.

The investors sentiment was also dented by the weak results reported by some of the heavyweights; the Street chose to stay cautious ahead of results from other blue chips given the trend so far has been somewhat mixed.

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BSE Sensex crashed nearly 413 points and NSE Niftycracked below the 8,400-mark in early trade today on profit-booking at higher levels and foreign capital outflows ahead of IIP data to be released later in the day.

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Above-normal monsoon so far and narrowing of the country's trade deficit perked up mood, brokers said.

Delhi Police claimed to be dissatisfied by the response it got from social media platform Instagram in the case of ‘Bois Locker Room’, where a group of male students made sexual threats to girls and carried on salacious conversations about their female schoolmates. On Saturday, Delhi Commission for Women also sent a second notice to police on the case after a girl student alleged receiving threats.

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