Sensex gyrates 294 points, ends 19 points down; Nifty holds 15,900; IT, banks dip


Markets oscillated between gains and losses in Friday’s intra-day session as investors remained torn between strong corporate earnings back home and mixed global cues.

The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex ended today’s choppy trade 19 points down at 53,140 levels while the broader Nifty50 shut shop at 15,923-mark, down 1 point. Both the indices hit their respective lifetime highs of 53,291 and 15,962 in intra-day session.

HCL Tech (down over 3 per cent), Eicher Motors, Bajaj Finserv, Infosys, Tata Consumer Products, and Adani ports were the top drags on the benchmarks today. On the flipside, Divis Labs, Bharti Airtel, Ultratech Cement, and Tata Steel were the top gainers.

The mid- and small-cap indices meanwhile, outperformed and ended over 0.4 per cent higher each amid gains in shares of brokerage firms, IRCTC, AB Capital, Datamatics, and RPP Infra.

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Markets end flat on Friday as investors remain edgy ahead of poll results on Saturday


Benchmark indices settled the day flat and posted small weekly gains as investors stayed cautious ahead of assembly election results. Exit polls declared yesterday showed BJP ahead of other rival parties in all the five states.

Victory for BJP in Uttar Pradesh will boost PM Narendra Modi’s chances of winning the 2019 general election. It would also give the party more number of legislators in the Rajya Sabha where it doesn’t have a majority, improving the government’s chances of passing key reform bills.

The 30-share Sensex ended 17 points higher at 28,946, while the 50-share Nifty settled the day at 8,934, up 7 points.

In the broader market, the BSE Midcap was down 0.2%, while BSE Smallcap fell 0.1%.