Mumbai, 27 February. The domestic stock market witnessed a big fall on Friday, the last day of the trading week, due to weak global trends and fresh withdrawal of foreign capital amid rising geopolitical tensions. While BSE Sensex fell by 961 points to below 81,300, NSE Nifty fell by 318 points to below 25,200.
Sensex fell 1.17 percent and closed at 81,287.19 points.
Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)’s benchmark index Sensex based on 30 shares fell 961.42 points or 1.17 percent to close at 81,287.19 points. At one time during trading, it had fallen by 1,089.46 points or 1.32 percent to reach 81,159.15 points. Among Sensex related companies, 26 stocks weakened and only four showed gains.
Nifty fell 317.90 points and closed at 25,178.65.
Similarly, Nifty, the standard index based on 50 shares of National Stock Exchange (NSE), fell by 317.90 points or 1.25 percent and closed at 25,178.65 points. During trading, at one time the index had slipped by 355.25 points to 25,141.30. Among Nifty related companies, shares of only four remained strong while 45 declined.
Sun Pharma’s stocks fell the most by 2.61 percent
Among the companies included in the Sensex group, Sun Pharma’s stock fell the most by 2.61 percent. Apart from this, Bharti Airtel, Bajaj Finserv, InterGlobe Aviation (IndiGo), Mahindra & Mahindra and Maruti Suzuki were also major losers. On the other hand, shares of HCL Tech, Trent, Infosys and Eternal closed with gains.
FIIs sold shares worth Rs 3,465.99 crore
According to stock market data, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold shares worth Rs 3,465.99 crore on Thursday while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) made net purchases of shares worth Rs 5,031.57 crore. At the same time, global oil standard Brent crude jumped 1.26 percent to reach $ 71.64 per barrel.
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