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Rupee at record low :: Rupee closes a fresh record low, nears 84/$-mark
Stock Market LIVE Updates, Friday, October 11, 2024:
Indian benchmark equity indices BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading lower on Friday, tracking overnight weakness on the Wall Street. At 12 PM, the BSE Sensex was down 244.08 points, or 0.30 per cent, at 81,367.33, while the Nifty 50 was at 24,938.90, down 59.55 points, or 0.24 per cent. More than half the stocks on the BSE Sensex were trading in the red.
Loses were capped by Bajaj Finance (down 0.71 per cent), followed by Bharti Airtel, Power Grid Corp., Asian Paint, and ICIC Bank. In contrast, HCLTech (up 1.79 per cent, JSW Steel, Tata Steel, Sun Pharma, and Titan, were the top gainers.
On the Nifty 50, too, mo than half the stocks were trading in the red. Gains were led by HCLTech (up 1.74 per cent), followed by Hindalco Industries, ONGC, Wipro and JSW Steel. Meanwhile, loses were capped by Cipla (down 1.23 per cent), followed by Bajaj Finance, Power Grid Corp., ICICI Bank, and TCS. Among sectoral indices, the Nifty Bank was down 0.28 per cent, while Financial Services was down 0.42 per cent, and Realty was down 0.45 per cent. The Metal and IT index were the top sectoral gainers, climbing 0.75 per cent and 0.63 per cent, respectively. In the broader
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