It was a bruising day for the stock market today as a sea of red swept across Dalal Street, leaving investors with little place to hide.
The benchmark Bse Sensex took a massive 1,092-point tumble, closing at 74,775.74, while the Nifty 50 struggled to hold its ground, sliding 1.50% to end the session at 23,547.75.
The mood on the floor was Decidedly sombre as broad-based selling pressure intensified, wiping out recent gains and pushing key indices well below their psychological support levels.
The sector performance reflected the widespread carnage, with almost every major vertical ending in the negative zone. The Nifty Oil & Gas index was among the worst hit, plummeting 2.47%, closely followed by the Nifty Metal and Nifty Auto sectors, which saw declines of 2.02% and 1.96% respectively.
Even the usually resilient Nifty Bank wasn’t spared, dropping over 600 points as the financial heavyweights felt the heat of the sell-off.
In terms of individual stocks, the list of top losers was headlined by Power Grid, which saw a sharp cut of over 4%. Aviation major Indigo and non-banking financial giant Bajaj Finance also faced significant heat, dropping 3.27% and 2.68% respectively.
Heavyweights like Reliance, Tata Steel, and Sun Pharma further weighed down the sentiment, as investors moved to offload riskier assets amidst growing market uncertainty.
However, amidst the gloom, a few “lonely warriors” in the Information Technology space managed to defy the trend. Tech Mahindra emerged as the leader among the top gainers, rising 1.86%, while Hcl Technologies and Larsen & Toubro also managed to post modest gains.
This pocket of green was further evidenced by the Bse Focused It index, which managed a slight gain of 0.48% even as the broader market crumbled.
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