Share market today, June 19: Sensex drops 600 points and Nifty closes above 24,000 amid heavy tech sell-of.
Sensex, Nifty today at close: Indian equity markets ended lower on Friday amid broad-based selling pressure.
The Sensex closed at 76,802.90, down 607.08 points or 0.78%, while the Nifty settled at 24,013.10, falling 154.90 points or 0.64%.
Sensex, Nifty today at 12:50 PM: Indian equity benchmarks continued to trade under pressure in afternoon deals, with heavy selling in information technology and banking stocks dragging the market lower.
The Sensex was down 750.66 points, or 0.97%, at 76,659.32, while the Nifty slipped 212.25 points, or 0.88%, to 23,955.75.
Information technology stocks remained at the centre of the selloff. Infosys emerged as the top loser on the Nifty, falling 7.41%, followed by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), which declined 5.70%. Tech Mahindra dropped 4.38%, while HCL Technologies fell 3.79%.
Banking heavyweight HDFC Bank also came under pressure and was down 2.48%, adding to the weakness in the benchmark indices.
Report by Sparsh Bansal
Source: Financial Express

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