Stock market today: Nifty 50, Sensex fall for third consecutive session; mid, smallcaps outperform
Nifty 50 and the Sensex suffered their worst single-day percentage fall in about 18 months on Wednesday, a day after HDFC Bank reported its Q3 earnings. On Thursday, Nifty 50 opened at 21,414.20 against the previous close of 21,571.95 and hit its intraday low of 21,285.55.
The index finally closed 110 points, or 0.51 per cent, lower at 21,462.25. Sensex opened at 71,018.86 against the previous close of 71,500.76 and fell about 835 points to hit the intraday low of 70,665.50.
The index eventually closed 314 points, or 0.44 per cent, lower at 71,186.86. Mid and smallcap indices outperformed the benchmarks.
The BSE Midcap index suffered a mild loss of 0.08 per cent and the Smallcap index inched up by 0.02 per cent. (More to come)Milestone Alert!
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