Share Market Today: Before the start of the quarterly results season, a sharp decline was seen in the stock market today on January 9. Sensex fell by 528 points. Whereas Nifty fell below 23,550. Due to this, investors lost about Rs 4 lakh crore in the stock market today. Selling continued in the broader market also. BSE Midcap index fell by 0.96 per cent and Smallcap index by 1.17 per cent. Except FMCG, all other sectoral indices also closed in the red. Market analysts said that due to caution before the quarterly results, fall in the rupee and continuous selling by foreign investors, investor sentiment remains weak.
At the end of trading, BSE Sensex fell 528.28 points or 0.68 per cent to 77,620.21. NSE’s 50-share index Nifty slipped 162.45 points or 0.69 per cent and closed at 23,526.50.
Investors lost ₹3.85 lakh crore
The total market capitalization of companies listed on BSE came down to Rs 435.74 lakh crore today on January 9, which was Rs 439.59 lakh crore on its previous trading day i.e. Wednesday, January 8. In this way, the market cap of companies listed in BSE has decreased by about Rs 3.85 lakh crore today. Or in other words, the wealth of investors has declined by about Rs 3.85 lakh.
These 5 Sensex stocks had the biggest rise
Today, 10 out of 30 shares of BSE Sensex closed in the green i.e. with gains. In this, Nestle India shares had the highest rise of 1.87 percent. After this, shares of Hindustan Unilever (HUL), Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), Kotak Mahindra Bank and Asian Paint closed with a gain of 0.69 per cent to 1.50 per cent.
These 5 Sensex stocks fell the most
The remaining 20 Sensex stocks closed with losses today. In this too, Tata Steel shares were the top losers with a fall of 2.07 percent. At the same time, shares of Zomato, Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Tata Motors and Adani Ports saw a decline of 1.78 percent to 1.92 percent.
You can see the condition of the rest of the Sensex shares in the picture given below-
2,728 shares declined
The number of shares closed with losses on Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) today. A total of 4,067 shares were traded on the exchange today. Of these, 1,229 shares closed with gains. A decline was seen in 2,728 shares. While 110 shares closed flat without any fluctuations. Apart from this, 131 shares touched their new 52-week high during trading today. Whereas 123 shares touched their new 52-week low.
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