Indian equities ended lower amid a broad-based sell-off. At the close, Nifty ended lower by 0.34 per cent or 86 points at 24,971.3, while the BSE Sensex slipped 0.39 per cent or 319 to 81,501.36 . Meanwhile, broader markets, however, outperformed the frontline indices. Sectorally, financial services, realty and oil & gas indices ended in the green, while all others saw losses during trade today. IT stocks bore the brunt and ended sharply lower ahead of the earnings by Infosys and Wipro later tomorrow. From the Nifty pack, top gainers included stocks like HDFC Life, Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Grasim, Bharti Airtel and HDFC Bank, while laggards included stocks like Trent, Infosys, Infosys, Hero MotoCorp and Adani Ports. HDFC Life emerged as the top Nifty gainer as the company upped its APE guidance to 18-20 per cent in its earnings call post the release of its Q2 numbers and Street primarily cheered the move. Meanwhile, Infosys and Wipro, which are slated to release their numbers later tomorrow ended lower by over 2 per cent and 0.08 per cent lower, respectively. Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Financial Services on the markets performance today said, "The national market traded range bound with a negative bias due to the fear of a downgrade in FY25 earnings, which could impact the sustainability of premium valuation. The participants are expecting only a slow pace in earnings expansion in Q2FY25 due to insipid demand and volatility in input prices." The rate of recovery in Q2 compared to Q1 is below expectation, he added. Meanwhile, European markets traded mixed as a bunch of earnings from companies including ASML, LVMH disappointed. At the last count, while FTSE traded in the green with gains of up to 0.61 per cent, German's DAX and French CAC were in the red. Get Latest Business News , Stock Market Updates and Videos ; Check your tax outgo through Income Tax Calculator and save money through our Personal Finance coverage. Check Business Breaking News Live on Business Twitter and Facebook . Subscribe on YouTube . None
Popular Tags:
Share This Post:
FIRST TRADE: Equity indices open marginally higher; Nifty up 0.06% at 24,986, Sensex up 188 pts
October 17, 2024Bajaj Auto shares tumble 9% post Q2 results: Should you buy, hold or sell its shares?
October 17, 2024What’s New
Spotlight
Today’s Hot
Featured News
1:10 Stock Split: This company approves first sub-division of shares
- By Sarkai Info
- October 15, 2024
Latest From This Week
Currency Market Update: Rupee ends nearly flat at 84.04 vs dollar
MARKETS
- by Sarkai Info
- October 15, 2024
Currency Market News: Rupee rises by 2 paise to 83.96 against US dollar
MARKETS
- by Sarkai Info
- October 11, 2024
Tata Elxsi posts steady Q2 earnings: Should you buy, sell or hold its shares?
MARKETS
- by Sarkai Info
- October 11, 2024
Subscribe To Our Newsletter
No spam, notifications only about new products, updates.