Domestic indices suffered huge losses on Wednesday dragging Nifty 50 below 17,560 and Sensex below 59,750. Bank Nifty breached the crucial level and closed below 40,000 as the negative global market sentiments triggered bloodbath on Dalal street. The only gainers on the Nifty 50 were ITC (up 0.50%) and Bajaj Auto (up 0.26%) while Adani Enterprises (down 11.05%), Adani Ports (down 7.24%), Grasim (down 3.44%), Bajaj Finance (down 2.94%) and JSW Steel (down 2.79%) were the losers.
Indian stock market
The Nifty 50 fell 272.40 pts or 1.53% to 17,554.30 and BSE Sensex sank 927.74 pts or 1.53% to 59,744.98. All the sectoral indices ended in red with Bank Nifty tanking 677.70 pts or 1.67% to close at 39,995.90, Nifty Auto dipped 1.21%, Nifty IT dropped 1.10%, Nifty PSU Bank plunged 1.91% and Nifty Metal tumbled 2.64%.
US Markets
The US markets ended Tuesday’s session broadly lower with Dow Jones Industrial Average tanking 697.01 pts or 2.06% to 33,129.59, tech-heavy Nasdaq sank 294.97 pts or 2.50% to 11,492.30 and S&P 500 plunged 81.75 pts or 2% to 3,997.34.
Asian Markets
Asian markets closed in the red territory on Wednesday. China’s Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.47%, South Korea’s KOSPI tanked 1.68%, Japan’s Nikkei 225 was down 1.34%, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng tumbled 0.51%.
Rupee movement
The Indian rupee fell marginally by 0.05% to 82.85 against the US dollar at 3:52 PM (IST).
Gold, Silver
Gold futures on the multi-commodity exchange for April delivery were trading at Rs 56,140.00, down 28 points or 0.05% while Silver futures for March delivery fell 305 points or 0.46% to Rs 65,747.00.
Crude oil
WTI Crude futures for March delivery were down 1.75% at $75.02 while Brent Crude futures for March delivery were trading 1.43% lower at $81.86 at 3:55 PM (IST).