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Market on Tuesday | Sensex sheds 388 pts, Nifty slips below 24,500; mid, smallcaps outperform
Indian equity indices ended lower on Tuesday, pressured by sharp selling in financial stocks and elevated crude oil prices amid geopolitical uncertainties.
At close, the Sensex was down 388.19 points or 0.49 percent at 78,154.25, and the Nifty was down 112.10 points or 0.46 percent at 24,471.70.
The broader indices outperformed the benchmark indices, with the Nifty Midcap index ending flat, while the Nifty Smallcap index rose 0.2%.
Biggest Nifty losers were Tata Consumer, Max Healthcare, UltraTech Cement, Apollo Hospitals, Nestle, while gainers included Dr Reddy’s Labs, Eternal, TCS, Titan Company, Infosys.
The sectoral indices were mixed, with Nifty Pharma rising 1% and Nifty IT gaining 0.6%, while Nifty Realty, FMCG and Metal declined 1% each, Nifty Infra slipped 0.8%, Nifty Private Bank declined 0.6%, Nifty Auto fell 0.5%, and Nifty Bank shed 0.4%.
