Closing Bell on Tuesday, July 02: Equity benchmark indices ended with marginal losses on Tuesday owing to selling pressure in banking shares.
The S&P BSE Sensex hit a new high at 79,856 and was up 380 points at the highest point of the day. The BSE benchmark index, thereafter, slipped into red and touched a low of 79,231. The Sensex finally ended 35 points lower at 79,441.
The NSE Nifty 50 index registered a new summit at 24,236, but eventually settled with a loss of 18 points at 24,124.
Among the Sensex 30 shares, Larsen & Toubro gained nearly 3 per cent amid buzz of order win from Saudi Aramco. Infosys, HDFC Bank and TCS were the other major gainers. On the other hand, Bharti Airtel and Kotak Bank over 2 per cent each. IndusInd Bank, SBI, ICICI Bank, Tata Motors, IndusInd Bank and Bajaj Finance were the other major losers.
In the broader market, the BSE MidCap index slipped 0.6 per cent, while the SmallCap index added 0.1 per cent. The overall breadth, however, was marginally positive, with over 2,050 stocks advancing as againsst 1,864 declining shares on the BSE.
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