Closing bell:Sensex parked at 57,944, up 350 points while Nifty ended at 17,325, up 103 points


Published On: Tuesday, March 29, 2022 | By:

Closing bell:Sensex parked at 57,944, up 350 points while Nifty ended at 17,325, up 103 points

As investors stayed divided between 'buy on dips' and 'sell on rally' strategies, today ( 29 March 2022) volatility gripped the benchmark indices. The frontline S&P BSE Sensex gyrated in a narrow range of around 361 points while the Nifty50 traveled within a band of 100 points. By the close, the 30-pack index was parked at 57,944, up 350 points or 0.6 percent, while the broader 50-share index ended at 17,325, up 103 points or 0.6 percent. Adani Ports, Eicher Motors, Divis Labs, Bharti Airtel, JSW Steel, HDFC, SBI Life, Ultratech Cement, Cipla, and Shree Cement were the top gainers in the large-cap space, up between 2 percent and 4.6 percent. On the other hand, Hero MotoCorp, ONGC, Coal India, Indian Oil Corporation, PowerGrid, ITC, and Maruti Suzuki dropped the most, falling between 1 percent and 6.6 percent.

Individually, shares of Hero MotoCorp cracked over 6 per cent after reports suggested that the Income Tax Department has found that Hero MotoCorp made more than Rs 1,000 crore bogus expenses and over Rs 100- crore cash transactions for a farmhouse in Chhattarpur, Delhi.

The broader BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices, too, rose in-tandem with their large-cap peers, advancing 0.6 per each.

Adani Power was the biggest MidCap winner as the shares closed over 14 per cent higher. In 6 days, the stock of the Adani Group company has jumped nearly 441 per cent as against a half a per cent rise in the Sensex index during the period. READ MORE

Ruchi Soya was another top gainer, settling 16 per cent up, after the company clarified that the SMSes pertaining to investments in its follow-on public offering (FPO) have not been issued by the company or its promoters. READ MORE

On the contrary, JSW Energy, Emami, IDBI Capital, Future Consumer, and Future Supply Chain Solutions were the worst hit.

Sectorally, the Nifty Media index dipped over 1 per cent, followed by the Nifty PSU Bank index, down 0.7 per cent. The Nifty Pharma index added 1.5 per cent, and the Nifty Financial Services gained 1 per cent.


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