Today, December 9, the first trading day of the week, the Sensex closed at 81,508 with a decline of 200 points. Nifty also fell by 58 points and closed at the level of 24,619. At the same time, the BSE Small Cap closed at the level of 57,313 with a rise of 262 points.
Out of 30 Sensex stocks, 17 fell and 13 rose. Out of 50 Nifty stocks, 30 fell and 19 rose. While one stock closed without any change. In the NSE sectoral index, the FMCG sector closed with the highest decline of 2.22%.
Mixed activity for Asian markets
Reliance, Hindustan Unilever, Axis Bank and ITC dragged the market down. While HDFC, Larsen & Toubro, Bharti Airtel and Tata Steel pulled the market higher. In the Asian market, Japan’s Nikkei rose 0.18% and Korea’s Kospi fell 2.78%. China’s Shanghai Composite Index closed down 0.045%. According to NSE data, foreign investors (FIIs) sold shares worth ₹1,830.31 crore on December 6. During this period, Domestic Investors (DII) purchased shares worth ₹1,659.06 crore. On December 6, the US Dow Jones fell 0.28% and closed at 44,642. The S&P 500 rose 0.25% to 6,090 and the Nasdaq gained 0.81% to 19,859.
The market had closed lower on Friday earlier on Friday i.e. December 6, the Sensex had closed at the level of 81,709 with a fall of 56 points. There was also a decline of 30 points in Nifty, it closed at 24,677 level.
Out of 30 Sensex stocks, 17 were down and 13 were up. Out of 50 Nifty stocks, 32 were down and 18 were up. In the NSE sectoral index, the metals sector closed with the highest gain of 1.23%.