Post-Market Wrap
How the Indian market closed today — Nifty / Sensex levels, top movers, sector rotation, FII / DII activity and the day's key headlines.
Nifty 50 closed -0.55%, Sensex -0.63%, Bank Nifty -0.40%, advance-decline ratio 0.58, India VIX +0.53%.
- Open
- 63,753.70
- High
- 63,802.30
- Low
- 63,491.10
- Prev
- 63,817.00
- Open
- 19,789.95
- High
- 19,868.30
- Low
- 19,764.35
- Prev
- 19,809.25
Strong negative breadth — 36.6% advanced, 63.1% declined.
Top gainers & losers
NIFTY 50| Symbol | Last | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| AXISBANK | 1,243.00 | +15.70 | ▲ 1.28% |
| MAXHEALTH | 1,014.40 | +10.70 | ▲ 1.07% |
| M&M | 3,421.50 | +31.10 | ▲ 0.92% |
| GRASIM | 3,278.70 | +28.20 | ▲ 0.87% |
| POWERGRID | 268.00 | +1.85 | ▲ 0.70% |
| Symbol | Last | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| TMPV | 322.80 | -7.40 | ▼ -2.24% |
| ASIANPAINT | 2,628.40 | -59.10 | ▼ -2.20% |
| INFY | 1,115.00 | -24.90 | ▼ -2.18% |
| WIPRO | 178.06 | -3.84 | ▼ -2.11% |
| HCLTECH | 1,298.00 | -27.00 | ▼ -2.04% |
Market breadth
Strong negative breadth — 36.6% advanced, 63.1% declined.
Mixed leadership at the extremes.
Stocks that hit their daily upper or lower price band.
Sector performance
- Media▲ 0.40%
- Auto▲ 0.30%
- Healthcare▲ 0.21%
- Oil & Gas▲ 0.20%
- Pharma▲ 0.08%
- Energy▼ -0.19%
- Consumer Durables▼ -0.40%
- Banking▼ -0.41%
- Metal▼ -0.61%
- FMCG▼ -0.77%
- PSU Bank▼ -1.01%
- Realty▼ -1.42%
- IT▼ -1.93%
Nifty 50 heatmap
Tile color = today's % changeCorporate results calendar
- TVVISIONTV Vision LimitedTue, 18 AugBoard Meeting Intimation
- TVVISIONTV Vision LimitedTue, 18 AugFinancial Results
No upcoming results in the next 7 days.
What moved the market today
- 1Global bond yields rise to multi-year highs as inflation and fiscal concerns intensify
Global bond yields surged on Tuesday, with US, Japanese and German government borrowing costs hitting multi-year or multi-decade highs. Rising oil prices, inflation concerns, tighter Japanese monetary policy expectations and mounting fiscal pressures added to the bond market sell
Economic Times· - 2Bitcoin climbs towards $64,000 as cooling inflation and falling treasury yields aid recovery
Bitcoin hovered near $64,000 as cooling inflation, lower Treasury yields and reduced expectations of further US monetary tightening supported crypto markets. Ethereum and select altcoins also gained, though analysts cautioned the rebound remains fragile. Investors now await FOMC
Economic Times· - 3Rupee slips to three-week low on oil strain, RBI steps in yet again to cap fall - Reuters
Rupee slips to three-week low on oil strain, RBI steps in yet again to cap fall Reuters
Reuters· - 4Sensex, Nifty extend gains to 3rd day, Q4 results to guide stock-specific action
India VIX, which measures near-term volatility saw a sharp fall of 18 percent to trade around 10.42
Moneycontrol· - 5Taking Stock: Market fails to hold on to day#39;s gains, ends marginally higher
Grasim Industries, Bharti Airtel, Nestle India, Maruti Suzuki and HCL Technologies were the biggest Nifty gainers, while losers included Sun Pharma, BPCL, Reliance Industries, MM and Hindalco Industries
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