MARKET UPDATE: Sensex up 104 points at 56,510 and Nifty 25 points higher at 16,868 points
Published On: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 | By: Team KnowMyStock
The Indian benchmark indices pared some of their opening gains in early morning deals today (15th February 2022). The BSE Sensex was now up 104 points at 56,510 and the NSE Nifty50 was 25 points higher at 16,868 points. HUL, Titan, Wipro, Nestle India, Tech M, Infosys, Kotak Bank, L&T, TCS, and HCL Tech were leading gains on the Sensex, up between 0.7-1.7 percent. Tata Steel, NTPC, IndusInd Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, and Cipla were the top losers on the Sensex and Nifty. Shares of Cipla slipped 5 percent to Rs 910 on the BSE after more than 2 percent of the total equity of pharmaceutical companies changed hands via a block deal. In the broader markets, the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices had slipped into red now, trading 0.5 percent and 1 percent lower, respectively.
Sectorally, Nifty Metals was the top loser now, dropping 1.6 per cent, Nifty Bank, Financials, Auto, Realty and Pharma also slipped into the negative zone, trading 0.3-0.9 per cent lower. Nifty IT, too, pared gains and was now up 0.6 per cent only.
And among stocks, Godrej Consumer Products was up 2.7 per cent afterHonasa Consumer, the parent company of Mamaearth, The Derma Co, and Aqualogica has acquired Godrej Consumers' (GCPL's) 30 percent stake in BBLUNT for Rs 84.5 crore.
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