Market Opening Bell: Sensex falls 180 factors, Nifty under 22,900

Market Opening Bell: Indian benchmark indices opened decrease on Wednesday, February 19, 2025. The 30-share BSE Sensex opened with a lack of 180.12 factors or 0.02 per cent at 75,787.27 and the NSE Nifty was down by 98.05 factors or 0.42 per cent at 22,847.25 within the opening commerce.

NTPC, Tata Metal, State Financial institution of India and Kotak Financial institution had been among the many main gainers on the BSE. Solar Pharma, TCS, Tech Mahindra and Infosys had been the largest laggards within the opening commerce. 

In keeping with NSE knowledge, round 1,558 shares superior, 757 declined, and 66 remained unchanged.

Earlier, Present Nifty, an early indicator for fairness market indices, hinted at one other muted begin for the Nifty 50 index. At 8 AM, Present Nifty was seen buying and selling within the crimson with a skinny lower of 14 factors or 0.06 per cent at 22,958.

In the meantime, Japan’s Nikkei 225 was down 47.50 factors or 0.19 per cent and Hong Kong’s Cling Seng index fell by 56.26 factors or 0.24 per cent. Asia-Pacific markets opened blended, with South Korea’s Kospi rising 49.63 or 1.85 per cent. 

 

How did particular person sectors carry out?

Nearly all the key Nifty sectoral indices had been in crimson with Nifty Pharma falling 2.97 per cent. The Nifty Healthcare Index was down by 2.68 per cent and Nifty Realty Index was down by 0.90 per cent. The Nifty Auto Index declined 0.72 per cent within the opening commerce.

Inventory Markets on Tuesday

After a day’s breather, the 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex ended 29.47 factors or 0.04 per cent decrease at 75,967.39. Intra-day, the Sensex dropped 465.85 factors or 0.61 per cent to 75,531.01.

The NSE Nifty dipped 14.20 factors or 0.06 per cent to settle at 22,945.30.

On Tuesday, the market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies eroded by Rs 2,01,032.5 crore to Rs 3,98,31,067.30 crore (USD 4.58 trillion).