Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty ended marginally decrease on Tuesday following losses in index majors HDFC twins, Reliance Industries and ICICI Bank amid a weak pattern in Asian markets.
The 30-share BSE Sensex slipped 52.94 factors or 0.10 per cent to 52,275.57. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty declined 11.55 factors or 0.07 per cent to fifteen,740.10.
SBI was the highest loser within the Sensex pack, shedding over 1 per cent, adopted by HDFC duo, Kotak Bank, PowerGrid and ICICI Bank.
On the opposite hand, Tech Mahindra, Bharti Airtel, Infosys and HCL Tech had been among the many gainers.
Equity benchmarks ended nearly flat in a uneven buying and selling day with blended reactions seen throughout the counters, stated Binod Modi, Head – Strategy at Reliance Securities.
While financials and metals witnessed promoting strain, IT, FMCG and pharma supported the market.
Midcap and smallcap indices, then again, continued to outperform the benchmarks as improved prospects of earnings restoration continues to draw traders in direction of this house, he added.
Elsewhere in Asia, bourses in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Hong Kong ended within the crimson.
Stocks exchanges in Europe had been buying and selling with good points in mid-session offers.
International oil benchmark Brent crude was buying and selling 0.53 per cent decrease at USD 71.11 per barrel.
