Today, the last trading day of the week, December 6, trading on the stock market was stable. Sensex closed at 81,709 with a decline of 56 points. Nifty also fell by 30 points, it closed at 24,677 level.
Meanwhile, the BSE Smallcap closed at 57,050 with a gain of 342 points. Out of 30 Sensex stocks, 17 fell and 13 rose. Out of 50 Nifty stocks, 32 fell and 18 rose. In the NSE sectoral index, the metals sector closed with the highest gain of 1.23%.
Foreign investors bought shares worth ₹8,539.91 crore
Reliance, HDFC Bank, Bharti Airtel and Infosys dragged the market lower. While Axis Bank, Tata Motors, Larsen & Toubro and ITC led the market higher, in the Asian market, the Japanese Nikkei fell by 0.77% and the Korean Kospi by 0.56%. China’s Shanghai Composite Index closed with a gain of 1.05%. According to NSE data, foreign investors (FIIs) purchased shares worth ₹8,539.91 crore on December 5. During this period, Domestic Investors (DII) sold shares worth ₹2,303.64 crore. On December 5, the US Dow Jones fell 0.55% and closed at 44,765. The S&P 500 fell 0.19% to 6,075 and the Nasdaq lost 0.17% to 19,700.
There was a rise in the market yesterday earlier yesterday i.e. December 5, the Sensex had recovered 1,298 points from the day’s low of 80,467. After the trading session, it closed at 81,765 points with a gain of 809 points. Nifty also recovered 413 points from the day’s low of 24,295. It closed at 24,708 level with a gain of 240 points.
Out of 30 Sensex stocks, 28 were up and 2 were down. Out of 50 Nifty stocks, 41 were up and 9 were down. The IT sector closed at the highest in the NSE sector index with a gain of 1.95%. While PSU banks and real estate sectors closed lower.