Mumbai: There was a huge fall in BSE Sensex today and it closed down below 53 thousand. The Sensex had opened above 53 thousand today and had also reached beyond 53100 during trading, but it could not handle its momentum and it closed with a fall of 485 points at the close of business. At the close of trading today, the Sensex fell by 485.82 points to 52,568.94 and the Nifty closed at 15,727.90 with a fall of 151.75 points.
Today only 7 stocks closed with gains on the Sensex, while the remaining 23 stocks closed with a fall. On the other hand, 7 stocks on Nifty 50 have closed with gains while 43 stocks closed with decline. Talking about the sectoral indices of Nifty, except Nifty IT, all other sector indices closed with a fall. Barring IndusInd Bank on the Sensex, the Sensex declined due to selling in banking stocks and heavyweights like Reliance, ICICI Bank.
On the BSE Sensex, shares of TechM were the most buying today followed by Bajaj Auto and PowerGrid. Talking about selling, Tata Steel, Sun Pharma and SBIN were the top sellers on the Sensex.
