MARKET WRAP: Sensex ends 54 points down, Nifty at 11,035; Wipro falls 4%

All that happened in the markets today

8:17 AM

Rupee check

The rupee darted up 28 paise to close at 70 against the US dollar Thursday amid robust foreign inflows and strong buying in domestic equities.

8:00 AM

Bulk deal on NSE as on Thursday

07-Mar-2019	AAKASH	Aakash Exploration Ser L	BHAVESHKUMAR GIRISHBHAI BHANDARI	BUY	1,76,000	17.00	-
07-Mar-2019	AAKASH	Aakash Exploration Ser L	KEVAN RIDDHESHBHAI BHANDARI	BUY	46,000	17.00	-
07-Mar-2019	AAKASH	Aakash Exploration Ser L	KHAJANCHI & GANDHI STOCK BROKING PRIVATE LIMITED	SELL	2,68,000	17.00	-
07-Mar-2019	AAKASH	Aakash Exploration Ser L	RIDDHESHKUMAR GIRISHBHAI BHANDARI	BUY	1,10,000	17.00	-
07-Mar-2019	AAKASH	Aakash Exploration Ser L	YASHWANTBHAI A. THAKKAR	SELL	94,000	17.26	-
07-Mar-2019	AGROPHOS	Agro Phos India Limited	ARVIND SHANTILAL SHAH	BUY	90,000	55.81	-
07-Mar-2019	AGROPHOS	Agro Phos India Limited	ARVIND SHANTILAL SHAH	SELL	1,32,000	53.55	-
07-Mar-2019	AGROPHOS	Agro Phos India Limited	BHARATI ARVIND SHAH	SELL	1,02,000	53.55	-
07-Mar-2019	AGROPHOS	Agro Phos India Limited	MULTIPLEX CAPITAL LTD.	SELL	1,38,000	55.48	-
07-Mar-2019	AGROPHOS	Agro Phos India Limited	PARU SECURITIES PVT LTD	BUY	3,06,000	54.09	-

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7:55 AM

Oil check

Oil prices fell on Friday after the European Central Bank (ECB) warned economic weakness would continue and as US crude output and exports chase new records, undermining efforts by producer club OPEC to tighten global markets.

 

US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures were at $56.39 per barrel, down 27 cents, or 0.5 per cent, from their last settlement Brent crude futures were at $65.96 per barrel, down 34 cents, or 0.5 per cent.

7:48 AM

SGX Nifty

Nifty futures on Singapore Exchange (SGX) were trading at 11,044.50, down 43 points or 0.39 per cent in early trade

7:47 AM

Asian Markets check

Asian stocks were trading lower in the early trade on Friday. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dipped 0.3 per cent while Japan’s Nikkei  dropped 0.9 per cent.

7:43 AM

Wall Street check

Wall Street's main indexes fell for a fourth consecutive session on Thursday, after Europe's central bank said it would defer interest rate hikes and offered banks a new round of cheap loans, raising fresh concerns about global economic growth. On Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 200.23 points, or 0.78 per cent, to 25,473.23, the S&P 500 lost 22.52 points, or 0.81 per cent, to 2,748.93 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 84.46 points, or 1.13 per cent, to 7,421.46.

7:38 AM

Good morning

 

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