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Sensex Today Trades Lower | Nifty Below 24,650 | HDFC Bank & Tata Steel Top Losers - Equitymaster
Sensex Today Trades Lower | Nifty Below 24,650 | HDFC Bank & Tata Steel Top LosersEquitymaster
Indices slide sharply amid Iran war jitters and crude price spike
The domestic equity benchmarks ended sharply lower on Wednesday as investors turned risk-averse amid escalating geopolitical tensions and a sharp surge in crude oil prices. The ongoing conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran unsettled global markets, while the reported closure of the Strait of Hormuz pushed oil prices higher, raising concerns over inflation and energy costs. Sentiment was further dented by heavy selling from foreign institutional investors and the rupee slipping to a record low. Against this backdrop, the Nifty closed below the 24,500 mark. Barring the Nifty IT index, all other sectoral indices on the NSE ended in the red, with metal, PSU bank and oil & gas stocks leading the decline.

Watch | Sanjay Parekh on where he sees value in banks, IT, cement and telecom stocks
Sohum Asset Managers’ Founder & CIO, Sanjay Parekh, says markets look sluggish despite improving macro conditions, with Q3 Nifty earnings near 8–9%. He sees recovery in CVs (Ashok Leyland), credit growth at ICICI Bank and gradual picka a up in cement and steel. Portfolio stays domestic-focused: overweight telecom, NBFCs, industrials, cement, utilities, ports and logistics; underweight oil & gas and banks, zero FMCG. Watching IT names like Infosys and TCS, mid-cap tech (Persistent, Coforge, Mastek), defence HAL, quick commerce Zomato and Swiggy, and capital goods L&T, JSW Energy.
HDFC Bank, SBI dominate India’s credit card spending, top 5 banks control 85.6%
India’s credit card space is rapidly consolidating under major players. HDFC Bank and State Bank of India together now account for nearly half of all card spending, while the top five lenders control more than 85% of transactions. Consumers are increasingly turning to these large, established banks for big-ticket purchases.

Stock Market Highlights: Market closes in the green but off highs, Nifty above 25,450
Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: The market have been volatile as the indices are off the day's high. The Nifty is up 40 points, rising towards 25,500. The Nifty Bank index has fallen from the highs of the day, now trading with a deficit of 100 points. Tech Mahindra, HCLTech, Wipro, Infosys are among the top gainers.

Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: Nifty falls sharply off highs; Newgen down 8%
Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: The Indian markets look keen on recovering from the losses as the Nifty index trades 30 points higher at 25,500. The Nifty Bank index is outperforming the benchmark, with gains of over 300 points, rising above the 61,000 mark.

Stock Market Today LIVE: Sensex off-day’s high; Nifty 50 holds above 25,500; PSU banks, metals shine
Stock Market Today LIVE: Broader markets supported the rally, with the Nifty Smallcap 100 and the Nifty Midcap 100 indices trading higher. Barring Nifty IT, all other sectoral indices were trading in the green, led by Nifty Metals, Nifty FMCG, Nifty PSU Bank, Nifty Auto and Nifty Pharma indices.

Stock market today: Trade setup for Nifty 50, Gift Nifty, US-Iran war to gold, silver rates — 7 stocks to buy or sell
Stocks to buy today: Experts have recommended buying these eight shares — UPL, Biocon, HDFC Life, Fortis Healthcare, Tata Technologies, Samman Capital, and MM Forging

Reliance, ITC, Tata Steel drive Nifty past 25,800; Sensex climbs 283 points
Broader markets outperformed the benchmarks. The Midcap Index climbed 302 points to 60,183. The Nifty Bank index gained 377 points to end at 61,551.

Sensex Today | Stock Market Highlights: Markets extend rally for third day; Nifty tops 25,800, PSU banks shine
Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: The Indian markets have gathered greater momentum, with the Nifty index trading around 25,750 with a rise of 60 points. The Nifty Bank index is also on a similar footing, up around 300 points. Tata Steel, HDFC Life, ITC and Tata Consumer are among the top gainers.

Closing Bell: Day 2 of gains pushes Nifty above 23,550, Sensex up 568 pts led by auto, metal, realty
Nifty midcap index rose 1 percent, while smallcap index added 0.65 percent. Eternal, Tata Steel, M&M, HDFC Life and Bharat Electronics were among top gainers on the Nifty, while losers were Wipro, Tata Consumer, Infosys, Cipla, ITC. Among sectors, except FMCG ( down 0.7%) and IT (down 1%), all other indices ended in the green with capital goods, telecom, auto, infra, media, metal, realty, private bank up 1-2 percent.

Closing Bell: Market snaps 3-day fall; Nifty above 23,400, Sensex surges 939 pts
Biggest Nifty gainers M&M, Grasim Industries, Trent, UltraTech Cement, Bajaj Finance, while losers are Bharat Electronics, Wipro, Max Healthcare, Sun Pharma, Coal India. On the sectoral front, auto, bank, FMCG up 0.5-1%, while media, oil & gas, pharma, realty, capital goods down 0.5-2%. Nifty Midcap index is trading flat, while smallcap index down 0.5%.