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Mumbai
On Thursday, the Sensex closed with a drop of 241.02 points lower at 60,826. Nifty ended 71.80 points lower at 18,127.30. About 754 shares advanced, 2699 shares declined, and 86 shares were unchanged. All sectors ended the day in red, barring Nifty IT index which ended flat.
Almost all sectoral indices closed in red with Metal, Auto, PSU Bank, and Realty dragging the most and shedding 1% each. IT index closed flat.
Among stocks, UPL fell 3.5% followed by Bajaj Finserv, Eicher Motors, IndusInd Bank and M&M, which shed 2% each. Sun Pharma, SBI Life, and Ultratech Cement ended in the green in today’s session.
Asian markets mostly gained on Thursday as investors cheered improving consumer sentiment in the United States after inflation expectations eased.
