Indian Market at Close

4:26 PM - The markets closed in negative territory this week with all sectoral indices closing in the red. Capital goods remained the worst performer during the week and along with largecap counters, midcap and smallcap stocks also came under selling pressure. The Sensex was down 1.7% while the Nifty also lost 1.7% during the week. The CNX Midcap index was down 1.7%, the BSE Smallcap lost 1.2% and the BSE Capital Goods closed with 4.4% loss over the week. The BSE IT was down 3.1%, BSE Realty lost 3.2% and BSE OilGas closed with 2.5% loss during the week. The top Nifty gainers during the week were Maruti Suzuki, SBI, Axis Bank and Coal India while the biggest losers included TCS, HCL Tech, Sesa Goa and L & T.  
4:20 PM - Negativity prevailed in the markets today with both benchmark indices closing in the red. Barring consumer durables, all sectoral indices closed negative with capital goods and realty closing with sharp declines. Metal, banking and FMCG, too, came under selling pressure. The Sensex closed at 16786, down 151 points from its previous close, and the Nifty shut shop at 5050, down 42 points. The CNX Midcap index closed with 0.8% loss while the BSE Smallcap index was down 0.6% in today's trade. The market breadth was negative with advances at 474 against declines of 948 on the NSE. The top Nifty gainers were Bajaj Auto, Siemens, Maruti and Hero MotoCorp while the biggest losers included L & T, Bharti Airtel, Tata Motors and Hindalco.

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