Share Market Open: Market continues to fall today, Sensex and Nifty are trading lightly


New Delhi: The increase in crude oil prices along with weak global trends and withdrawal of foreign funds have affected the stock market. Today both the major indices of the stock market are trading with a slight decline.

BSE Sensex fell 281.18 points or 0.38 per cent to 73,622.73. NSE Nifty fell 93.15 points or 0.41 per cent to 22,360.15.

Top gainers and losers

Among Sensex stocks, 22 stocks were trading in the red, which included shares of Bharti Airtel, Nestle India, Sun Pharma and IndusInd Bank.

On the other hand, shares of UltraTech Cement, Tech Mahindra, Axis Bank and Tata Steel are trading rapidly. 38 stocks are trading with losses on NSE Nifty.

global market situation

Asian markets are trading negative with Hong Kong's Hang Seng and Japan's Nikkei 225 down 0.78 per cent and 0.68 per cent respectively. China's Shanghai Composite was trading down 0.24 percent. On Tuesday, American and European markets closed largely with losses.