Markets end lower after scaling record peaks intra-day
The Hindu
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty closed marginally lower on Friday as investors booked profit in FMCG, IT and healthcare stocks after the BSE Sensex and Nifty hit fresh lifetime highs in intra-day deals.
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty closed marginally lower on Friday as investors booked profit in FMCG, IT and healthcare stocks after the BSE Sensex and Nifty hit fresh lifetime highs in intra-day deals.
The 30-share BSE Sensex dipped 7.65 points or 0.01% to settle at 75,410.39. During the day, it rallied 218.46 points or 0.28% to hit its all-time intra-day high of 75,636.50.
The NSE Nifty breached the 23,000 mark for the first time in early trade.
During the day, the benchmark climbed 58.75 points or 0.25% to hit its lifetime peak of 23,026.40. However, it pared all the gains and ended with a marginal decline of 10.55 points or 0.05% at 22,957.10.
Markets were on a record-breaking rally for the second straight day ahead of the results of Lok Sabha polls.
The results of the ongoing general elections will be declared on June 4.
From the Sensex firms, Tech Mahindra, Asian Paints, Tata Consultancy Services, Mahindra & Mahindra, Titan, JSW Steel and ITC were among the major laggards.
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