Mumbai, May 25: Benchmark indices wiped out early gains as volatility yet again ruled the markets, with the Sensex extending its decline to the third day running on Wednesday, falling over 300 points amid a sell-off in IT stocks.
The 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 303.35 points or 0.56 per cent to settle at 53,749.26. During the day, the bechmark hit a low of 53,683.16 and a high of 54,379.59.
The broader NSE Nifty declined 99.35 points or 0.62 per cent to end at 16,025.80.
From the Sensex pack, Asian Paints, TCS, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, Larsen & Toubro, Infosys, State Bank of India, HCL Technologies and M&M were among the biggest laggards.
In contrast, NTPC, Bharti Airtel, HDFC, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Nestle, ICICI Bank and ITC were the prominent gainers.
Asian markets in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Seoul ended with gains, while Tokyo was marginally lower.
Exchanges in Europe were trading in the green in the afternoon trade.
Stock markets in the US had mostly ended lower on Tuesday.
International oil benchmark Brent crude jumped 1.37 per cent to USD 115.1 per barrel.
Continuing their selling spree, foreign institutional investors offloaded shares worth a net Rs 2,393.45 crore on Tuesday, as per stock exchange data.
“Domestic indices wavered tracking mixed sentiments from global markets as investors assessed the possibility of a recession in the US followed by the Fed policy tightening.
“Global markets are awaiting the release of the Fed minutes, which will be evaluated for details on the path of the upcoming rate hikes,” said Vinod Nair, Head of Research at Geojit Financial Services. (AGENCIES)
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BIZ-RUPEE-CLOSE
Rupee edges up 3 paise to close at 77.54 against US dollar
Mumbai, May 25:
The rupee recovered 3 paise to settle at 77.54 (provisional) against the US currency in a restricted trade on Wednesday as interventions by banks supported the local unit while a stronger dollar in overseas markets restricted the gains.
At the interbank forex market, the rupee opened higher at 77.54 against the greenback and moved in a range of 77.44 to 77.57 in the day trade.
The rupee finally ended at 77.54, higher by 3 paise over its previous close of 77.57 against the American currency.
“Rupee traded with pendulum swing on a range fight between hedgers as participants from banks tried to support rupee whereas remittance takers of dollar equally bought keeping rupee ranged between 77.47-77.60. The US Fed statement minutes later in the night might give some trend to the USDINR pair in futures,” said Jateen Trivedi, VP Research Analyst at LKP Securities.
On the domestic equity market front, the BSE Sensex ended 303.35 points or 0.56 per cent lower at 53,749.26, while the broader NSE Nifty fell 99.35 points or 0.62 per cent to 16,025.80.
The dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, rose 0.36 per cent to 102.22.
Foreign institutional investors were net sellers in the capital market on Tuesday as they offloaded shares worth Rs 2,393.45 crore, as per stock exchange data.
Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, surged 1.26 per cent to USD 114.99 per barrel. (AGENCIES)
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