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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.
IRFC, REC and 3 other PSU stocks hit 52-week lows, slip up to 17% in a month
Sensex dropped over 1,100 points, dragging five BSE PSU stocks to new 52-week lows. Stocks including Ircon, IRFC, REC, Rail Vikas Nigam, and Container Corp declined 12–17% in a month amid broader market weakness.
Stock market today: From Swiggy, IRFC to RVNL— More than 700 stocks hit 52-week lows on BSE amid stock market crash
As many as 719 stocks, including Swiggy, SBI Cards and Payment Services, IRFC, RVNL, REC, Concor, DLF, Naukri, Page Industries, Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care, and Shree Cement, hit their 52-week lows in intraday trade on the BSE.
IRB InvIT Fund’s Kaithal Tollway gets ₹274 crore arbitral award, 137-day extension from NHAI
Shares of IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd ended at ₹41.70, up by ₹0.12, or 0.29%, on the BSE.
This mutual fund expert sees strong growth potential in midcap stocks
Sandeep Bagla of TRUST Mutual Fund sees strong growth potential in Indian midcap equities, driven by economic expansion, policy support, and sectors like technology, consumption, and energy.
Nifty PSU Bank index soars 2%, hits new high; PNB, Canara, UBI shares up 3%
Thus far in the current week, the PSU Bank index has rallied 5.7 per cent, as against 0.74 per cent gain in the Nifty 50.
Closing Bell: Market dives as crude climbs; Sensex slides 829 pts, Nifty below 23,700
Biggest Nifty losers were Eicher Motors, M&M, Maruti Suzuki, Bajaj Finance, UltraTech Cement, while gainers included Coal India, Jio Financial, Adani Enterprises, NTPC, Power Grid Corp. Among sectors, Auto index slipped more than 3%, FMCG index shed 1.7% and Private Bank index declined 1.6%, while Power index gained 2.5%, Energy index rose 2%, Oil & Gas, Metal, Capital Goods rose 0.5% each. The BSE midcap index fell 0.4% and smallcap index shed 0.7%.
Taking Stock: Bulls back in action; Nifty closes above 24,100, Sensex gains 291 pts
More than 200 stocks touched their 52-week high on the BSE, including Kirloskar Oil, Aegis Logistics, New India Assurance, GNFC, HFCL, Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC, Belrise Industries, AIA Engineering, Aditya Birla Capital, Sona BLW, Syrma SGS, Leela Palaces, Cemindia Projects, RBL Bank, Bharat Forge, among others.
Sensex Today | Stock Market Live: Sensex jumps over 900 pts, Nifty climbs above 23,300; PSU banks, metal, IT stocks lead rebound
Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: Indian benchmark indices bounced back on March 20 with Nifty50 index reclaiming 23300 amid falling crude oil prices on hopes of de-escalation in the Middle East. All the sectoral indices are trading in the green with metal, power, PSU Bank, IT indices jumped 2-3%. Nifty Midcap and Nifty Smallcap indices rose 1-2% each.
Six of India's top-10 firms add Rs 1 lakh crore in mcap; Airtel, Bajaj Finance shine
Reliance Industries remained the country's most valued firm, followed by HDFC Bank, Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, SBI, TCS, Bajaj Finance, Larsen & Toubro, LIC and Hindustan Unilever.
Taking Stock: Sensex, Nifty end flat as late selling erases gains; metals lead losses
Sectorally, FMCG and private banking stocks outperformed, whereas all other major indices ended in the red, with media, realty, energy, metal, oil & gas, and PSU bank indices falling 1-2%.
Taking Stock: Nifty tops 24,300, Sensex surges 941 pts on US-Iran peace hopes
Except power, FMCG, energy, all other sectoral indices ended in the green with auto, media, private bank, PSU Bank, realty, metal, pharma up 1-2%.