Stock Market Updates LIVE: Benchmarks equity indices, the BSE Sensex, and The NSE Nifty50 ended on a flat note on Tuesday. The Sensex settled at 81,455, up 0.12 per cent or 99.56 points, while the Nifty50, on the other hand, ended at 24,857 up 0.09 per cent or 21.20 point.
Out of the 50 listed stocks on the Nifty50, 28 settled lower with LTIMindtree, SBI Life Insurance Company, Cipla, Sun Pharma, and Grasim Industries being the top laggards. On the contrary, 22 stocks settled higher with gains led by Tata Motors, NTPC, BPCL, Power Grid Corporation, and Titan Company.
Among the broader indices, small-cap stocks outperformed the others with the BSE Smallcap index settling at 55,411, up 0.88 per cent.
Among the sectoral indices, Nifty Auto, Consumer Durables, Oil & Gas, Realty, and Media settled higher with gains of up to 1.18 percent. On the contrary, FMCG, Pharma, IT, Financial Services, and Healthcare indices ended in the red.
Global Cues
In the Asia-Pacific region, markets were mostly in the red, influenced by the ongoing two-day meeting of the Bank of Japan.
Further, Japan’s unemployment rate for June 2024 stood at 2.5 per cent, in line with expectations.
Meanwhile, the Nikkei fell 0.46 per cent, while the Kospi and ASX200 each declined 0.80 per cent.
In the US, markets ended Monday on a mixed note. The S&P 500 gained 0.08 per cent, and the Nasdaq rose 0.07 per cent, while the Dow Jones dipped 0.12 per cent.
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