India Markets Monday Wrap-Up: Most Of The Day In The Red

By Equitymaster: Indian stock markets languished in the red for a larger part of the session today. The indices began the day's proceedings on a weak note, and thereon selling pressure gradually intensified across index heavyweights pushing the indices deeper into the red. There was no respite in the final trading hour as well and the indices closed well below the dotted line. While the BSE-Sensex closed lower by around 478 points (down 3%), the NSE-Nifty closed lower by around 148 points (down 3%).

By Equitymaster: With the rupee breaching new lows every day, the Indian stock markets are also not faring much better. The benchmark indices closed weak today after seeing a rare gain yesterday. Sectoral indices across the board mainly ended lower with realty and metals leading the pack of losers. Only FMCG stocks managed to see some gains. While the BSE-Sensex ended lower by around 121 points, losses on the NSE-Nifty came in at 37 points. The smaller indices were slightly worse off.

By Equitymaster: While the markets came off the day's lows during the closing hours, they were unable to move into the positive and as a consequence, indices in the Indian stock market closed the first day of the week on a negative note. The BSE-Sensex edged lower by around 110 points whereas NSE-Nifty was seen shedding close to 20 points (down 0.45%). The BSE Mid Cap and BSE Small Cap indices bucked the trend though and closed marginally higher today.

Equitymaster submits: The benchmark indices in the Indian stock market opened in the positive today. However as the session progressed, they moved into negative territory. Mid-session, the indices managed to come off their day's lows. However, a negative closing could not be avoided and the markets ended the trading session in the red. The BSE-Sensex traded lower by around 106 points (0.5%) whereas NSE-Nifty closed lower by 20 points (0.4%).

By Equitymaster: The Indian stock markets continued its losing streak on account of weakness in global stock markets. The Indian indices started the day on a negative note. In the mid-session, they even recovered from their day's lows and moved into positive territory. However, the sell-off continued toward the close of the session.

By Equitymaster: The Indian stock market had a volatile outing on the bourses today. After opening in the negative, markets started moving upwards during the last two hours of trade as shares from the IT industry recovered from their lows.

Equitymaster submits: The Indian stock market had a weak outing today, with profit booking among the major heavyweights. In the final trading hour, selling pressure took its toll and the indices closed well below the dotted line.

Equitymaster submits: The Indian stock market indices had a weak outing today. Markets started off in the green, however mid-session they moved into the red zone. Persistent selling in index heavyweights caused the indices to close in deep negative territory.