Share Market: Market falls on the second day of the week, Sensex starts in the red; Effect of weekly expiry

Share Market Opening Bell 21st July: Signs of decline are being seen in the Indian stock market today, the second day of the week, Tuesday, July 21. Where both the major market indices Sensex and Nifty started in the red. With the trade, BSE Sensex fell 58 points and opened at 77649. At the same time, NAC Nifty was seen trading at 24,216 points with a fall of 22 points.

Due to the fall in the domestic stock market, investors suffered a loss of about Rs 30 thousand crores. The market cap of companies listed on BSE came to Rs 482.30 lakh crore which was Rs 482.70 lakh crore yesterday. Earlier on Monday, Nifty fell by -96 points and closed at 24,238 at the end of trading.

Today’s top 5 gainers

• TECHM- Tech Mahindra
• ULTRACEMCO- Ultratech Cement
• ASIANPAINT- Asian Paint
• ICICIBANK- ICICI Bank
• HCLTECH- HCL Tech

Today’s top 5 losers

• SUNPHARMA- Sunpharma
• RELIANCE- Reliance
• AXISBANK- Axis Bank
• ETERNAL- Eternal
• HDFCBANK- HDFC Bank

How was the condition of the sectoral index?

Among the indices, Nifty PSU Bank, Nifty Metal, Nifty Commodities, Nifty PSE, Nifty Energy, Nifty Infra and Nifty Oil & Gas were in the green. On the other hand, indices like Nifty India Defence, Nifty Consumer Durables, Nifty Pharma, Nifty Media, Nifty Healthcare and Nifty Realty were in the red. Buying is being seen in the market on a broad basis. The Nifty Midcap 100 index was at 62,945, up 140 points or 0.22 per cent, and the Nifty Smallcap 100 index was at 19,399, up 71 points or 0.38 per cent.

American market also declined

Most of the Asian markets are trading at a brisk pace. Tokyo, Shanghai, Jakarta and Seoul were in the green. At the same time, Bangkok and Hong Kong were in the red. US stock markets closed with losses on Monday, with the main index Dow Jones down 0.59 per cent and Nasdaq down 0.05 per cent.

Foreign investors are selling

Continuous selling by foreign investors continues. foreign institutional investors (FIIs) withdrew Rs 1,121.04 crore from equities on Monday. At the same time, domestic institutional investors (DIIs) invested Rs 1,312.03 crore in the equity market.

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Experts said that the market is still ready with the results of the first quarter. Iran-US war But are keeping an eye on. Any update coming from this war will be important for the market. At the same time, the recent selling by FIIs after buying in the beginning of July may increase pressure on the market.