Stock Market Closing Bell: BSE Sensex Slips 155 Points, Nifty 50 Slips Below 24,400 As India-Pakistan Tensions Rises

Stock Market Today: Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined on Tuesday, facing volatile trends as investors preferred to stay on the sidelines a day ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s policy decision.

Also, range-bound trading prevailed in the markets amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan following the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam and concerns over US-China trade negotiations.

The volatility index has increased notably in the last couple of weeks, prompted by increased geopolitical tension between India and Pakistan, up 3.58 at 19 today.

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The BSE Sensex closed at 80,641.07, down by 155.77 points or 0.19%. It opened at 80,907.24, hit a high of 80,981.58, and a low of 80,481.03 during the day.

On the other hand, the Nifty 50 index ended at 24,379.60, down by 81.55 points or 0.33%, with 16 stocks advancing and 34 declining.

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Some notable stocks with gains include Bharti Airtel at 1.66%, Tata Steel at 1.62%, and Mahindra & Mahindra at 1.59%. 

On the other hand, Reliance saw a 0.74% drop, while Titan and Asian Paints dropped by more than 0.7%. On NSE, the total number of stocks traded was 2,946, with 545 advancing, 2,331 declining, and 70 unchanged.

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Nifty Sectoral Indices

The banking index was under more pressure due to concerns over the government potentially offloading its stake in PSU banks.

Sector-wise, Nifty Bank dropped by 1.18%, while Nifty Energy saw a significant decline of 2.35%. Nifty PSU Bank took the largest hit, down 4.84%.

Notably, the Nifty index has provided almost a 12 per cent gain in recent weeks, which is an unusually strong uptrend for such a short time.

Conversely, Nifty Auto saw a slight rise of 0.17%, and Nifty FMCG only fell marginally by 0.09%.

Additionally, Nifty Metal and Nifty Pharma also faced declines, with Nifty Metal dropping 0.88% and Nifty Pharma down by 1.11%.