Stock Market Close Highlights, Monday, October 21: India stock markets traded under pressure on Monday as investors continued to book profit at higher levels amid the ongoing Q2 earnings season. Despite a near 3-per cent surge in HDFC Bank share price, benchmark BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 indices closed in the negative territory today.
The BSE Sensex index moved in a band of 959 points during the day, before closing at 81,151.27, down 73.48 points or 0.09 per cent. The Nifty50, too, ended in the negative zone at 24,781, with losses of 73 points or 0.29 per cent.
HDFC Bank, Asian Paints, MY&M, Reliance Industries, Maruti Suzuki, and Tech M, which were up in the range of 0.4 per cent to 2.6 per cent failed to lift the frontline indices as losses in Kotak Bank, Bajaj Finserv, IndusInd Bank, Adani Ports, Ultratech Cement, Bajaj Finance, Infosys, and TCS kept lid on the gains.
The broader indices -- BSE MidCap and BSE SmallCap -- nursed losses too with the indices dropping 1.6 per cent each.
Among sectors, the Nifty Media index declined 2.8 per cent, the Nifty Realty 1.7 per cent, the Nifty IT 1.5 per cent, and the Nifty Private Bank 1.3 per cent.
 "Market Close Highlights, Oct 21: Sensex, Nifty end in red after choppy session; HDFC Bank gains 2.6%")
