Monday, 2 January 2017

Sensex Ends Dull on First Trading Day of 2017

Stock market in India started the new year’s trading day on a dull note. At the closing bell, the BSE Sensex closed lower by 31 points, whereas the NSE Nifty finished lower by 6 points.

The S&P BSE Midcap ended up by 0.8% while the S&P BSE Small Cap finished up by 1.2%. Barring bank stocks and IT stocks, all sectoral indices ended the day on a positive note. Here is a complete list of BSE gainers today.

Realty sector and auto stocks witnessed the maximum buying interest.

European markets are higher today as French and German shares show gains. The CAC 40 is up 0.31% while the DAX is up 0.88%.

The rupee was trading at Rs 68.02 against the US$ in the afternoon session. Oil prices were trading at US$ 53.9 at the time of writing this share market news.

Pharma stocks ended the day up by 0.6% with Elder Pharma & Ajanta Pharma leading the gains.

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