Stock Market Closing Bell today, Thursday, August 22, 2024: Benchmarks BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 indices were listless on Thursday as investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of the US jobless claims data and the Jackson Hole Symposium late today.
The BSE benchmark index ended at 81,053, up 148 points or 018 per cent, while the NSE frontline index closed with gains of 41 points or 0.17 per cent at 24,812.
While gains in Grasim Industries, Tata Consumer Products, Bharti Airtel, Tata Steel, ICICI Bank, Titan Company, Apollo Hospitals, and Asian Paints supports the indices, losses in Wipro, Tata Motors, NTPC, Dr Reddy's Labs, M&M, TCS, and ONGC capped upside.
In the broader markets, the mid and small-cap indices outperformed the Sensex and Nifty indices as the BSE MidCap index added 0.67 per cent and the BSE SmalCap 0.47 per cent.
Among sectors, the Nifty IT slipped 0.16 per cent, followed by the Nifty Pharma (0.14 per cent). On the flipside, the Nifty Metal index climbed 0.67 per cent, the Nifty PSU bank index 0.67 per cent, and the Nifty Realty 0.47 per cent.
 "Market Highlights, Aug 22: Sensex up 148 pts, ends atop 81k; Nifty holds 24,800; banks, FMCG gain")
