Stock Market Today: The first trading session of the week in the Indian stock market on Monday, December 29, started flat. Major benchmark indices BSE Sensex opened trading on the red mark and NSE Nifty 50 on the green mark.
However, Sensex started trading positive in early trading itself. The 30-share BSE Sensex index opened at 85,004.75 points, down 36.70 points or 0.04 per cent, while the NSE Nifty 50 opened at 26,063.35, up 21.05 points or 0.08 per cent.
By around 9:20 am, Sensex was trading at 85,058 points, up by 16 points, while Nifty 50 was trading at 26,053 points, up by 11 points.
BSE top gainers
Tata Steel, Trent, Eternal and Asian Paint
BSE’s top losers
Adani Port, Bajaj Finserv, Axis Bank, Reliance and HCLTech
How was the market on Friday?
On Friday, December 26, there was a huge decline in the Indian stock market and both the major benchmark indices closed trading in the red. Sensex fell by 367.25 points or 0.43 percent to 85,041.45 points, while NSE Nifty 50 slipped by 99.80 points or 0.38 percent and ended the trading day at 26,042.30.
Titan, NTPC, Axis Bank and Reliance were the top gainers from the BSE basket. Talking about the top losers, Bajaj Finance, Asian Paint, TCS, Eternal and Tech Mahindra were. There was a decline in the shares of Nifty IT, Nifty Bank, Nifty Auto, Nifty 100, Nifty Midcap and Nifty Smallcap.
A rise was recorded in Nifty FMCG shares. On Friday’s trading day, 6 shares from BSE basket closed on the green mark and 24 shares recorded a decline.
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