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New Delhi, September 11 (HS). The domestic stock market today closed in the red after facing fluctuations throughout the day. Today's trading started on a flat level. In the first session of the day, both the Sensex and Nifty indices gained strength with the support of buying, but in the second session, due to selling pressure, the stock market dived into the red mark. After the whole day's trading, Sensex and Nifty closed with a decline of 0.49 percent.
In today's trade, there was continuous selling in the shares of IT, banking, oil and gas, public sector enterprise and energy sector. Similarly, automobile, metal and realty index also closed with a decline. There was buying in the shares of FMCG and consumer durables sector. There was continuous pressure in the broader market today, due to which the BSE midcap index closed with a weakness of 0.52 percent. Similarly, the smallcap index ended today's trade with a decline of 0.57 percent.
Due to the fall in the stock market today, the wealth of stock market investors has decreased by more than Rs 2 lakh crore. The market capitalization of companies listed on BSE decreased to Rs 461.23 lakh crore (provisional) after today's trading. On the previous trading day i.e. Tuesday, their market capitalization was Rs 463.49 lakh crore. In this way, investors have suffered a loss of about Rs 2.26 lakh crore from today's trading.
There was active trading in 4,070 shares on BSE during today's trading. Of these, 1,619 shares closed with a gain while 2,345 shares showed a decline and 106 shares closed without any fluctuation. There was active trading in 2,455 shares on NSE today. Of these, 828 shares closed in the green zone after making profits and 1,627 shares closed in the red zone after incurring losses. Similarly, out of the 30 shares included in Sensex, 7 shares closed with a gain and 23 shares closed with a decline. Out of the 50 shares included in Nifty, 12 shares closed in the green zone and 38 shares closed in the red zone.
The BSE Sensex opened today with a symbolic gain of 6.83 points at 81,928.12 points. After the start of trading, with the support of buying, the index gained 213.66 points to reach 82,134.95 points. However, in the second session, all-round selling started, due to which the index plunged into the red mark. Due to continuous selling, half an hour before the end of today's trading, the index fell more than 700 points from the upper level and reached 81,423.14 points with a weakness of 498.15 points. However, due to minor buying in the last 30 minutes of trading, the Sensex recovered about 100 points from the lower level and closed at 81,523.16 points with a decline of 398.13 points.
Unlike Sensex, NSE's Nifty started trading today with a weakness of 7.10 points at the level of 25,034 points. After the market opened, with the support of buying, this index jumped 72.60 points to reach the level of 25,113.70 points. After this rise in the market, profit booking started, due to which this index fell to the red mark in a short time. Due to continuous selling, this index fell to the level of 24,885.15 points with a weakness of 155.95 points. After the whole day's trading, Nifty closed at the level of 24,918.45 points with a decline of 122.65 points.
After the day's buying and selling, among the big stocks of the stock market, Bajaj Auto rose by 3.94 percent, Asian Paints by 2.20 percent, Bajaj Finance by 1.43 percent, Britannia by 0.65 percent and Shriram Finance by 0.61 percent and were included in the list of today's top 5 gainers. Tata Motors fell by 5.74 percent, ONGC by 3.48 percent, Wipro by 2.17 percent, State Bank of India by 1.80 percent and Hindalco Industries by 1.79 percent and were included in the list of today's top 5 losers.