Mumbai, July 21: On the first trading day of the week today, i.e. Monday, 21st July, the Sensex is trading at the level of 82,100, up by about 350 points. It has recovered about 650 points from today’s low level. Here, Nifty is also up by about 80 points, it is trading at the level of 25,050.
Out of the 30 Sensex stocks, 18 are rising and 12 are falling. HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and UltraTech Cement, M&M and Eternal are trading up by 2%. Whereas, Reliance, HCL Tech, and TCS are trading down.
Out of the 50 stocks of the Nifty, 24 are up and 26 are down. NSE’s IT, government banking and oil and gas stocks have fallen by 1%. Metal and realty stocks have risen.
Mixed business in the global market
On July 18, DIIs bought shares worth Rs 2,104 crore
The market closed down by 502 points on Friday
On the last trading day of last week, Friday (18 July), the Sensex fell 502 points and closed at 81,758. Nifty fell 143 points and closed at 24,968.
Out of the 30 Sensex stocks, 23 fell and 7 rose. Axis Bank’s stock closed down by 5.25%. BEL, Kotak Bank and HDFC Bank’s stock also fell by 2.5%. Meanwhile, Bajaj Finance and Tata Steel’s stock rose by 2%.
Out of 50 Nifty stocks, 33 stocks closed down while 17 stocks closed up. Nifty Private Banking Index fell the most by 1.46%. There was selling in Auto, Consumer Durables and PSU Banking Index as well. This decline in the market is being seen due to selling and profit booking by foreign investors.