Indian equity indices were trading in the red territory on Thursday following the weak global market trend. The BSE Sensex fell 247 or 0.40% to 62,429.92 and NSE Nifty dipped 78.25 points or 0.42% to 18,582.05. IndusInd Bank, Sun Pharma, State Bank of India, Mahindra & Mahindra and NTPC were the top gainers on the Sensex while Tech Mahindra, Infosys, HCL Tech, TCS and UltraTech were the top losers.
Sectoral Indices
In the sectoral indices, Nifty Bank was down 0.03% while Nifty PSU Bank was up 0.92%. The volatility index India VIX was trading 0.58% lower at 12.81.
Asian and US stock Markets
In other Asian markets, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong were trading lower. Overnight, the US stock market also ended in the red.
Sensex, Nifty previous day closing
On Wednesday, the BSE Sensex rose 144 points or 0.23% to conclude at 62,677.91. The NSE Nifty climbed 52.30 points or 0.28% to settle at 18,660.30.
FII and DII data
Foreign institutional inventors (FII) bought shares worth a net Rs 372.16 crore while domestic institutional investors (DII) purchased shares worth a net Rs 926.45 crore on Wednesday, December 14, 2022, according to the data available on NSE.
NSE F&O Ban
Indiabulls Housing Finance, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (GNFC) and Delta Corp are the stocks/securities placed on the National Stock Exchange’s futures and options (F&O) ban for trade on Thursday.