Sensex slips 179 pts as hawkish US Fed tone hits D-Street
Published On: Thursday, June 17, 2021 | By: Team KnowMyStock
A hawkish tone by the US Federal Reserve crushed equities across the globe today(17th June 2021) as investors feared global central banks may hike rates sooner than expected. US Treasury yields gained overnight and the dollar strengthened against the rupee to its highest level in six weeks, hammering equity prices on Dalal Street. This comes on the day of the weekly F&O expiry, adding to the overall volatility. A mild recovery post a gap-down start quickly dismantled during the last hour of the session as market participants offloaded metal and rate-sensitive counters. The frontline S&P BSE Sensex ended at 52,323 levels, down 179 points or 0.34 percent. On the NSE, the Nifty50 index breached below its immediate support of 15,650 and hit a low of 15,616. It recovered marginally to end at 15,691 levels, down 76 points or 0.48 percent.
In the broader markets, the BSE MidCap index cracked 1.3 per cent while the BSE SmallCap index slipped 0.58 per cent.
Sectorally, the Nifty Metal index slipped 2 per cent, followed by the Nifty Realty index (1.6 per cent) and the Nifty PSB and Auto indices (around 1.5 per cent each). The Nifty FMCG and IT indices, on the other hand, gained 0.14 per cent and 0.57 per cent, respectively.
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