Stock Market Highlights as on 29th MAY

Wednesday's trading session started with the benchmark equity indices in a downward trend.

In the opening trade, the NSE Nifty 50 starts 125.40 points lower at 22,762.75, and the BSE Sensex falls by 343.52 points to 74,826.94, a decrease of 0.55% and 0.46% respectively.
The larger stock market indexes started the day with losses. Bank Nifty index starts the day with a decrease of 355.45 points or 0.72%, closing at 48,786.70.

For the fourth consecutive day, India's stock market indexes, BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty, ended the day in negative territory.

Provisional data from the exchanges reveals that the Sensex finished at 74,502.90, a decrease of 667.55 pts or 0.89%, while the broader Nifty50 ended at 22,704.70, down by 183.45 pts or 0.8%. Among the Nifty50 group, Hindalco (3.52%), Divi’s Lab (1.72%), Power Grid (1.29%), Bajaj Auto (1.03%) and Cipla (0.95%) saw the biggest gains, while HDFC Life (-2.90%), SBI Life (-2.53%), Tech Mahindra (-2.27%), Tata Consumer (-2.17%) and Bajaj Finserv (-2.04%) experienced significant losses.