Biggest Nifty losers included Axis Bank, Shriram Finance, Bharat Electronics, HDFC Life, Bharti Airtel, while gainers were Wipro, Bajaj Finance, Tata Steel, ONGC, Nestle India.
More than 140 stocks on the BSE touched their 52-week highs, including Nippon Life India Asset Management, Schneider Infra, JK Lakshmi Cement, Asahi India, Global Health, HDFC AMC, MRF, RBL Bank, Ramco Cements, Nuvoco Vistas, Anand Rathi, among others.
Gold rate today: Yellow metal's August contracts on MCX opened at Rs 97,511 per 10 grams on July 17.
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Dalal Street slipped in the final hour on July 17, with the Sensex falling over 350 points and the Nifty closing below 25,200 amid weak IT earnings and global caution.
The broader market remained rangebound, with the Nifty Midcap 100 slipping 0.15 percent amid mild profit booking. The Nifty Smallcap 100 was largely flat, edging down just 0.02 percent.
India VIX remained steady at 11.22, indicating continued low volatility in the market.
Dalal Street witnessed a volatile session on Wednesday, with the Nifty 50 and Sensex rebounding from intraday lows by the afternoon. However, lack of sustained buying kept the indices around the flatline.
Equity-index futures for the S&P 500 fell 0.2% in early trading Thursday following a 0.3% gain for the index after President Donald Trump played down the prospect he may soon fire Powell
On the sectoral front, IT, PSU bank shed 0.5-1 percent, while FMCG, metal, consumer durables, realty indices added 0.5-1 percent. The BSE midcap index ended flat, while smallcap index rose 0.3 percent.
M&M, Wipro, SBI, Nestle India and Tech Mahindra were among major gainers on the Nifty, while losers included Shriram Finance, Eternal, Sun Pharma, Tata Steel and Cipla
Nifty 50 and Sensex extended their weeks long consolidation in trade on July 16, as investors waited for fresh triggers before buying or selling.
Gold rate today: Yellow metal's August contracts on MCX opened at Rs 97,222 per 10 grams today.
India VIX, also known as the fear gauge, fell almost a percent. Experts note that VIX has remained well below the psychological 15 mark, suggesting limited risk of abrupt sell-offs in the near term.
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FIIs net bought Indian equities worth Rs 120 crore on July 15, while DIIs were bigger buyers with Rs 1,555 crore of net purchases.
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Gold rate today: Gold's August contracts on the Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) opened at Rs 97,887 per 10 grams on July 15.
BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices rose nearly 1 percent each, extending the gains on second consecutive day.
Dalal Street was in the green on July 15, finding support from cooling CPI, with the auto, healthcare, and pharma sectors rallying over one percent.
India VIX, the fear gauge, eased 3 percent which suggests that there are little-to-no signs of panic-driven exits.
The broader market, represented by the small, midcap 100 indices, outperformed the benchmarks.
Foreign investors offloaded shares worth Rs 1,614 crore on July 14, while domestic institutions stepped in with net purchases of Rs 1,787 crore.
All the sectoral indices ended in the green with pharma, auto, PSU Bank, consumer durables, realty up 0.5-1 percent. BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices rose nearly 1 percent each, extending the gains on second consecutive day. Hero MotoCorp, Sun Pharma, Bajaj Auto, Apollo Hospitals, Shriram Finance were among major gainers on the Nifty, while losers were HCL Technologies, HDFC Life, SBI Life Insurance, Eternal and Tata Steel.
Broader indices unperformed the main indices, with BSE Mid and Smallcap indices rising 0.5 percent each.