Sensex, Nifty decline in early trade
The Hindu
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Equity benchmark indices declined in early trade on Friday, June 23, 2023, extending their previous day's fall, in line with weak trend in Asian markets and fresh foreign fund outflows.
Rising interest rates globally also dampened investor sentiments.
Markets also fell amid profit-taking after the recent rally, where the BSE barometer hit its record intra-day peak of 63,601.71 on Thursday.
The 30-share BSE Sensex fell 248.57 points to 62,990.32. The NSE Nifty declined 89.3 points to 18,681.95.
From the Sensex pack, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, Power Grid, Tata Steel, UltraTech Cement, State Bank of India, Bajaj Finserv, HCL Technologies and Bajaj Finance were the major laggards.
Asian Paints, NTPC, ICICI Bank, Bharti Airtel and Nestle were the gainers.
In Asian markets, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong were trading lower.
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