May 31, 2024 / 07:25 AM IST
Market on Thursday:
Bears tightened their control on the Dalal Street on May 30 as the benchmark indices extended the selling for fifth straight session with Nifty finishing May F&O expiry below 22,500.
At close, the Sensex was down 617.30 points or 0.83 percent at 73,885.60, and the Nifty was down 216 points or 0.95 percent at 22,488.70.
In the May series, the Nifty50 index ended 0.4 percent lower.
After a weak start, the market extended the losses as the day progressed, dragging Nifty closer to 22,400 amid selling across the board barring banking names. However, the final hour of buying erased some of the intraday losses.
Biggest Nifty losers included Tata Steel, Tech Mahindra, Power Grid Corporation, Wipro and Titan Company, while gainers were ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, SBI and Kotak Mahindra Bank.
Among sectors, the Bank index gained 0.5 percent, while Auto, FMCG, Metal, IT, Healthcare indices shed 1-2 percent.
The BSE midcap and smallcap indices shed 1.2 percent each.
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