Stock Market Today Live Updates: Sensex Losses Over 1,500 Points, Nifty Falls Below 22,400. HDFC, hdfc share price, hdfc bank
The Indian Stock Market on Monday opened the week with some losses as the both the indices were in lows as metal and oil and gas stocks support. In the morning trade, at 10:30 AM, Sensex was down 1,001.25 points or 1.36% at 72,581.97, while Nifty was down 290.80 points or 1.27% at 22,528.80. About 867 shares advanced, 2,871 shares declined, and 160 shares were unchanged.
Among the sectors, Nifty Bank and the Nifty PSU Bank were the biggest draggers while the Nifty Metal outperformed.
Bank Nifty lost around 2% after the Reserve Bank of India tighten noose on banks over the net open forex positions as it moved to curb volatility in the weakening rupee.
Indian rupee erased most of its opening gains. However, the currency continued to trade higher by 35 paise at 94.46 per dollar against Friday’s close of 94.81.
