Stock Market Highlights: The key benchmark indices ended on a flat note amid late volatility owing to the weekly Nifty F&O expiry on Thursday. The NSE Nifty hit a high of 18,135, but dipped into red and touched a low of 18,001 towards the fag end of the day.
The Nifty 50 finally settled 20 points higher at 18,036. In the process, the Nifty has added 264 points in the last three straight trading sessions.
The S&P BSE Sensex scaled a fresh calendar year high at 61,682 in morning deals led by strong gains in IT shares. However, the late sell-off, saw the BSE benchmark forfeit all its gains and slip into red to a low of 61,197 – down 485 points from the day’s high. The Sensex eventually ended 44 points higher at 61,320.
On the other hand, Mahindra & Mahindra, Hindustan Unilever, Axis Bank and Bajaj Finance were few of the notable losers.
Among other buzzing stocks, Bharat Dynamics soared nearly 13 per cent after the state-owned aerospace & defense company said that it entered into 10 MoUs with several foreign and Indian companies during the Aero India – 2023. READ MORE
