Today the stock market opened in the green with gains. At 9:15 am on September 18, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) BSC Sensex opened at 74,484.10 with a gain of 169.51 points or 0.23%. Also BSE Bankex also opened in the green today, it is up 293.25 points +0.46% at 63,623.74. However, the decline in BSE Focused IT was seen even today. It fell 34,893.21, or 470.75 points -1.33%).
Nifty 50 of National Stock Exchange i.e. NSE opened at 23,334.70 in the morning, which opened with a gain of 68.20 points or 0.29%. Similarly, Nifty Bank also rose by 224.70 points (0.40%) to 56,280.45 and Nifty Financial was also seen trading with gains. Overall, the initial trend in the market was strong and positive.
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How was the condition of the companies?
Till 9:48 am today, Eternal Limited was among the top gainers with gains of 1.34%, Indigo 1.33%, Bharti Airtel 1.22%, L&T 1.04%, Adani Ports 0.92% and HDFC Bank 0.83%. That means, strength was seen in telecom, aviation, infrastructure and banking stocks. On the other hand, maximum pressure was seen on IT sector, where TCS fell by 2.99%, Tech Mahindra fell by 2.12%, Infosys by 1.38%, HCL Tech by 0.90%, Titan by 0.62% and Tata Steel by 0.43%.
Gold and silver rates in bullion market
Today i.e. on 18th September, with the opening of the market, gold prices in India fell and silver prices increased. Today 24 carat gold is trading around Rs 1,53,190 lakh per 10 gram, 22 carat gold is trading around Rs 1,40,424 lakh per 10 gram. Whereas 18 carat gold is trending around Rs 1,14,893 lakh per 10 grams.
Apart from this, if we talk about silver, the price of silver in India was seen trading around ₹ 2,38,650 lakh per kg. Today i.e. till 10 am on September 18, 2026, the price of pure silver (999 fine) in India was Rs 239 for 1 gram, Rs 2,390 for 10 grams, Rs 23,895 for 100 grams and Rs 2,38,950 for 1 kilogram.