Mumbai: Trading was volatile on the domestic equity market benchmark BSE Sensex and Nifty50 on the first trading day of July and gains and losses continued on the weekly futures/options expiry day. Sensex was open today in intraday above 52600 and trading was going on but could not maintain its high and it closed near 52300 when trading was closed. Nifty has also closed down below 15700.
The Sensex fell for the fourth consecutive trading day today. During trading today, the Sensex had reached a high of 52,638.50 points, but after that it started slipping and closed down 319.9 points from this high. At the close of trading, the Sensex closed down 164.11 points at 52,318.60 and the Nifty closed at 15680 with a fall of 41.50 points.
Today 14 stocks closed with gains on the Sensex, while the remaining 16 stocks closed with a fall. On the other hand, 26 stocks on Nifty50 closed with gains while 24 stocks closed with decline. Talking about the sectoral indices of Nifty, except Nifty Auto, Nifty FMCG, Nifty Pharma and Nifty PSU Bank, other sectors closed with a fall. Reliance, TCS and HDFC Bank were selling on the Sensex, while SBI and Titan closed with gains.
Dr Reddy’s shares were the most buying on BSE Sensex today and Bajaj Auto and Sun Pharma were the biggest buyers. Talking about selling, Bajaj Finserv, Infi and UltraTech Cement were the top sellers on the Sensex.
