Market Wrap, June 4: Sensex slips 184 pts, Nifty ends at 12,022

Benchmark indices ended Tuesday's session with losses, weighed down by tech stocks, as investors booked profit after both Sensex and Nifty's close at heady heights in the previous session.

The S&P BSE Sensex slipped 184 points, or 0.46 per cent, to 40,084, with Hero MotoCorp, HCL Tech, TCS, Asian Paints, and IndusInd Bank leading the list of losers. Out of the 30 BSE constituents, 16 ended the day in the red.

The broader Nifty50 index slumped 67 points to 12,022. The market breadth was in favour of sellers. About 990 stocks declined and 789 shares advanced on the NSE.

Among Nifty sectoral indices, only Nifty Metal and Nifty PSU Bank indices ended the day in the green. Nifty IT took the deepest cut, down 1.56 per cent, while Nifty Media and Nifty Pharma also slipped over 1 per cent.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE MidCap index dipped 33 points, or 0.2 per cent, to settle at 15,200, while the S&P BSE SmallCap closed at 14,911, down 28 points, or 0.19 per cent.

BUZZING STOCKS

Shares of GE Power India surged 5 per cent to Rs 930 on the BSE on Tuesday in early morning trade, after the company announced winning a contract worth Rs 738 crore from Aravali Power Company Private Limited. Aravali Power Company Private Limited is a Joint venture company of NTPC, Haryana Power Generation Company and Indraprastha Power Generation Company. The stock ended the day 2.32 per cent higher at Rs 905. 
 

Shares of Manappuram Finance hit a new high of Rs 141, up 5 per cent on the BSE in intra-day trade on Tuesday on the back of heavy volumes in an otherwise subdued market before ending the day at Rs 138.90, up 3.43 per cent.