New Delhi, Business Desk. Today, on the fourth trading day of the week i.e. Thursday, the stock market closed down. The Bombay Stock Exchange’s leading index Sensex lost 172.61 points to 39,749.85 and the National Stock Exchange’s Nifty lost 58.80 points to end at 11,670.80. The Sensex opened 298.36 points down at 39624.10 this morning. At the same time, the National Stock Exchange’s Nifty lost 96.30 points to open at 11633.30. On the previous trading day, the stock market closed on a steep decline after day-long fluctuations. The Sensex was down 599.64 points at the level of 39922.46 and the Nifty was down by 159.80 points at 11729.60. Today, out of 50 stocks of Nifty, 16 stocks closed in green mark and 34 in Mr. red mark.
Among today’s major stocks, Asian Paints, Tech Mahindra, UltraTech Cement, Shree Cement and HCL Tech closed on the green mark. L&T, Titan, Adani Ports, ONGC and Axis Bank shares closed at the red mark. If we look at the sectoral index, today all sectors except IT closed on the red mark. These include Realty, PSU Bank, Bank, Private Bank, Pharma, Media, FMCG, Auto, Finance Services and Metal.
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The rupee continued to fall on Thursday due to the soft domestic market and a strong dollar. The rupee fell 23 paise to close at 74.10 per dollar in the interbanking currency market. The rupee opened weak at 74.02 per dollar in the interbanking currency market. In some time it fell 23 paise to 74.10 per dollar. The rupee touched a high of 73.94 per dollar and a low of 74.16 per dollar during trading. On Wednesday, the rupee fell by 16 paise to close at 73.87 per dollar for more than a month.
