Today on Thursday, the domestic stock market had a weak start due to weak signals from the global market. On the 30-share benchmark index of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the Sensex fell by 117 points and opened at the level of 81,762. At 9:16 am on BSE, Bankex rose 259.29 points or 0.38 percent to 68,799.78. Whereas BSE Focused IT Index fell by 197.31 points or 0.51 percent to 38,377.36.
At the same time, Nifty-50 on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) started trading with a loss of 41 points at 25,213. Bankex rose 259.29 points, or 0.38 per cent, to 68,799.78 at 9:16 am on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). At the same time, Nifty Bank rose by 278.30 points or 0.46 percent to reach 61,070.70. Nifty Financial Services rose 132.20 points or 0.48 percent to 27,795.60. Nifty Next 50 was up by 111.25 points or 0.15 percent and was trading at 73,597.45.
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How was the behavior of the companies?
The movement of companies on BSE was mixed, at 9:17 am, out of 30 big stocks, 14 were trading with gains and 14 with losses, while 2 stocks remained flat. Buying was seen in bank and finance stocks. Bajaj Finance was trading 1.40 per cent higher at Rs 1,090.10. Whereas ITC stood at 288.05 with a rise of 1.25 percent. SBI was trading 1.09 per cent higher at 1,071.80 and ICICI Bank was trading 0.80 per cent higher at 1,582.60.
There was selling in IT shares. TCS fell 1.14 per cent to 2,441, Infosys fell 0.98 per cent to 1,141.65 and HCL Tech fell 0.90 per cent to 1,381. The biggest decline was in Bharti Airtel by 1.52 percent and it came to Rs 2,075.
gold and silver prices fell
After Bhai Dooj, the prices of gold and silver have declined in the domestic market today. Today gold became cheaper and was seen trading around Rs 1.39 lakh per 10 grams. At the same time, silver was also seen falling and trading around Rs 1.82 lakh per kg.
Today 24 carat gold is trading around Rs 139,790 per 10 grams, while 22 carat gold is trading around Rs 128,141 per 10 grams. Whereas 18 carat gold is trading around Rs 104,843 per 10 grams. In the bullion market today the price of silver was seen trading around Rs 183,510 per kg.