This week, BSE Sensex declined 1,906.01 points or2.39 percent to close at 77,580.31, while the Nifty50 index shed 615.5 points or 2.5 percent to finish at 23,532.70.
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BSE Mid-cap Index shed nearly 4 percent with Whirlpool of India, Relaxo Footwears, Clean Science & Technology, Tube Investments of India, Bayer CropScience, Linde India, 3M India, Rajesh Exports, UCO Bank, Cummins India, Tata Elxsi, Indraprastha Gas, Glenmark Pharma, Torrent Power falling between 8-12 percent.
The BSE Large-cap Index fell 2.5 percent with Britannia Industries, Asian Paints, One 97 Communications (Paytm), Apollo Hospitals Enterprises, FSN E-Commerce Ventures (Nykaa), GAIL India, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, Hindustan Aeronautics falling between 7-14 percent.
The BSE Small-cap index declined 4.6 percent dragged by Kopran, Globus Spirits, Antony Waste Handling Cell, Advanced Enzyme Technologies, BASF India, Dharmaj Crop Guard, Puravankara, Insecticides India, IFGL Refractories, IIFL Securities, Vishnu Chemicals, Hitachi Energy India, Technocraft Industries (India), C. E. Info Systems (MapmyIndia), Roto Pumps, Transformers and Rectifiers India. On the other hand, Pix Transmissions, JSW Holdings, Sasken Technologies, Nalwa Sons Investment, Shankara Building Products, Neuland Laboratories, Banco Products (India), Dishman Carbogen Amcis gained between 12-28 percent.
On the sectoral front, Nifty Metal and PSU Bank indices shed more than 5 percent each, Nifty FMCG and Healthcare indices fell more than 4 percent each, Nifty Auto and Oil & Gas indices slipped nearly 4 percent each. However, Nifty Information Technology index added nearly 1 percent.
HDFC Bank lost the most of its market value, followed by State Bank of India, Hindustan Unilever, Asian Paints. On the other hand, Infosys, HCL Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services added the most of their market-cap.
Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) extended their selling in this week also as they sold equities worth Rs 9,683.64 crore, while Domestic Institutional Investors (DII) also extended their buying as they bought equities worth Rs 12,508.14 crore. In the month of November till now, the FIIs bought equities worth Rs 29,533.17 crore and DIIs purchased equities worth Rs 26,522.32 crore.
During the week, the Indian rupee touched fresh record low of 84.41 and ended 3 paise lower at 84.40 per dollar on November 14 against the November 8 closing of 84.37.
