Sensex slips to 57,167 points, Nifty settles below 17,200
The Indian equity benchmarks on Monday ended on a bearish note, dragged by information technology (IT) and banking stocks. While the Sensex tumbled 2.01% to 57,167 points, the Nifty plunged 1.73% to 17,174 points. The midcap stocks also showed bearish signals, with the Nifty Midcap 50 dropping 1.23% to 8,352.25. Here are more details on the markets' performance on Monday.
Who were the biggest gainers and losers?
As far as the top-performing sectors are concerned, NIFTY PSE, NIFTY ENERGY, and NIFTY FMCG led the way, gaining 1.13%, 0.81%, and 0.6%, respectively. The biggest gainers were NTPC, SBI Life Insurance, and HDFC Life, which climbed 6.37%, 2.01%, and 1.7%, respectively. Coming to the top losing stocks, Infosys, HDFC, and HDFC Bank emerged as the biggest losers, dropping 7.22%, 4.81%, and 4.6%, respectively.
Take a look at the global markets
Among the Asian markets, both Hang Seng Index and Nikkei ended in green, advancing to 21,518.08 points and 26,799.71 points, respectively. As far as the US market is concerned, NASDAQ traded in the red, plunging 292.51 points, or 2.14%, to 13,351.08 points.
Crude oil futures up by 0.59%
The Indian rupee (INR) weakened against the US Dollar, plunging 0.1% to settle at Rs. 76.25. However, gold and silver futures prices traded in the green. While the gold futures gained 1% to settle at Rs. 53,520, silver futures shot up 1.44% to Rs. 70,025. The crude oil futures edged up by $0.63 or 0.59% to $106.57 per barrel.
Fuel prices in Delhi and Mumbai remain the same
Fuel prices in Delhi remain unchanged on Monday, with the diesel priced at Rs. 96.71/liter and petrol costing Rs. 105.45/liter. Meanwhile, in Mumbai, diesel costs Rs. 104.75/liter and the petrol is priced at Rs. 120.5/liter.
