Highlights: Sensex dips 201 pts, Nifty at 22,397; IndusInd Bank, TaMo slip 2%

Stock Market Highlights: In the broader market, the BSE Realty index dropped 1.8 per cent, with most of its shares falling more than 2 per cent each on Thursday.

Stock Market Close Updates, Stock Market Today, Thursday, March 13, 2025: Benchmark equity indices ended on a tepid note as investors refrained from taking fresh positions ahead of the long weekend. Both, the BSE and the NSE will be closed for trading on Friday on account of 'Holi' festival. Given the present global mood, with high a uncertainty around Donald Trump's tariff policies, investors preferred staying on the sidelines. The BSE Sensex had spurted to a high of 74,401 in opening deals, but soon pared gains. Persistent selling pressure in auto, IT and select banking shares saw the BSE benchmark slip into red and touch a low of 73,771 - down 630 points from the day's high. The Sensex finally ended with a loss of 201 points or 0.27 per cent at 73,829. In the process, the BSE benchmark ended the week with a loss of 504 points.  The NSE Nifty 50 index from a high of 22,558, dropped to a low of 22,377, and eventually settled 73 points lower at 22,397. The Nifty shed 156 points in this holiday-shortened week. Among the Sensex 30 shares, Tata Motors and IndusInd Bank were the top losers, down nearly 2 per cent each. Zomato, Maruti Suzuki, Asian Paints and Bajaj Finance were the other notable losers. On the advancing front, not a single Sensex stock rose more than 1 per cent - SBI, ICICI Bank and NTPC were up over 0.5 per cent each. The broader indices also finished in red. The BSE MidCap index slipped 0.8 per cent, and the SmallCap declined 0.6 per cent. The overall market breadth was negative - out of 4,105 stocks traded on the BSE, around 60 per cent or 2,449 shares declined today. Sectorally, the BSE Realty index was worst hit, as the index dropped 1.8 per cent. Godrej Properties, Oberoi Realty, Lodha, Brigade Enterprises and Phoenix from the index shed over 2 per cent.