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Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty continued their slide for the eighth straight day on Tuesday because of promoting in oil & gasoline, pharma and banking shares amid worries over additional rate of interest hikes.
Mixed international cues, promoting by FIIs and warning by buyers forward of the launch of key macroeconomic knowledge additionally dented the market sentiment.
Paring its early positive factors, the BSE Sensex declined by 326.23 factors or 0.55% to settle at a four-month low of 58,962.12. During the day, it dropped 492.38 factors or 0.83% to 58,795.97.
The NSE Nifty dipped 88.75 factors or 0.51% to end at greater than four-month low of 17,303.95 as 33 of its shares declined.
The key indices have fallen for eighth day on the trot which is the longest shedding run in additional than three-and-a-half years.
From the Sensex pack, Reliance Industries fell the most by 2%. Tata Steel, Bajaj Finserv, ITC, NTPC, Bharti Airtel, Tech Mahindra, Titan, Axis Bank and Bajaj Finance have been amongst the different main laggards.
Asian Paints, Mahindra & Mahindra, Power Grid, ExtremelyTech Cement, Tata Motors and HDFC have been the main gainers.
In Asian markets, South Korea, Japan, China ended larger, whereas Hong Kong settled in the pink.
Equity exchanges in Europe have been buying and selling largely lower. The U.S. markets had ended larger on Monday.
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation will launch the second advance estimate of the Gross Domestic Product for 2022-23 together with December quarter knowledge on Tuesday night.
“Global investors’ interest in the equity market is weakening due to the slowdown in the economy, led by high inflation and contractionary monetary policy. Inflows are being diverted to safe assets, and corporate earnings growth is dropping, affecting the performance of the stock market and demanding downgrade in valuation.
“The double whammy for India is that it’s costly in comparison with different EMs, leading to underperformance amongst the international market,” mentioned Vinod Nair, Head of Research at Geojit Financial Services.
International oil benchmark Brent crude superior 0.67% to $83 per barrel.
Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) offloaded shares value ₹2,022.52 crore on Monday, based on alternate knowledge.
