Stock Market Highlights, Wednesday, January 8, 2025: The benchmark equity indices showed great resistance on Wednesday as the BSE Sensex reovered around 650 points from its day's low to settle at 78,141.06, down 58 points or 0.07 per cent. The index traded in the range of 77,486.79 - 78,319.45 today.
NSE Nifty50 settled in the red at 23,688.95 with losses of 19 points or 0.08 per cent. Nifty50 was seen at the day's high of 23,751.85, while the day's low was quoted at 23,496.15.
28 out of 50 constituent stocks of Nifty50 ended in the red with the losses led by Apollo Hospitals, Trent, Shriram Finance and Ultratech Cement. Conversely, ONGC, TCS, Reliance Industries, ITC and Asian Paints were among the 22 stocks that ended in the green with gains extending up to 3 per cent.
Among the broader markets, Nifty Midcap100 ended down 1.05 per cent at 56,270.60
, while Nifty Smallcap100, on the other hand, ended with losses of 1.65 per cent at 18,365.65.
Sectoral indices reflected varying trends. The Nifty Consumer Durables index led the losses, plunging 2.16 per cent.
The Nifty Healthcare Index also struggled, declining 1.09 per cent, followed by Nifty Pharma, which slipped 0.94 per cent. Other notable losers included Nifty Financial Services, down 0.83 per cent, and Nifty PSU Bank, which dropped 0.79 per cent.
On the positive side, Nifty IT emerged as the top gainer, rising 0.60 per cent. The Nifty FMCG index also ended in the green, gaining 0.44 per cent.
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