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Sensex nosedives 1,000 pts; Nifty slumps below 16,300

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Jun 10, 2022 03:57 PM IST

Kotak Bank was the top loser in the Sensex pack, skidding about 4 per cent, followed by Bajaj Finance, HDFC twins, Reliance Industries, Wipro, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Tata Steel and TCS.

Equity benchmark Sensex slumped over 1,000 points to sink below the 55,000-level on Friday, tracking deep losses in IT, finance, banking and energy stocks amid widespread selling in the global markets.

Closing bell: Sensex nosedives over 1,000 points to end day at 54,303; Nifty closes at 16,194
Closing bell: Sensex nosedives over 1,000 points to end day at 54,303; Nifty closes at 16,194

A weak rupee, surging crude prices and relentless foreign capital outflows further weighed on sentiment, traders said.

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The 30-share BSE index ended 1,016.84 points or 1.84 per cent lower at 54,303.44. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty plunged 276.30 points or 1.68 per cent to 16,201.80.

Kotak Bank was the top loser in the Sensex pack, skidding about 4 per cent, followed by Bajaj Finance, HDFC twins, Reliance Industries, Wipro, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Tata Steel and TCS.

On the other hand, Asian Paints, UltraTech Cement, Dr Reddy's, Titan and IndusInd Bank were among the gainers.

Sector-wise, BSE IT, teck, bankex, finance and oil & gas lost up to 2.09 per cent, while telecom logged gains.

According to rating agency Icra, operating profit margins of information technology companies can moderate by up to 1.50 per cent in the near term as wage cost inflation coming on the back of high attrition hits players in the over USD 200 billion industry.

In the broader markets, the BSE midcap, large-cap and smallcap gauges slipped much as 1.72 per cent.

The rupee declined 11 paise to close at a record low of 77.85 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday.

Following a massive sell-off in the US market, bourses in Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Seoul ended sharply lower, while Shanghai settled in the green.

Equities in Europe were witnessing intense selling pressure in mid-session deals.

Meanwhile, international oil benchmark Brent crude climbed 0.45 per cent to USD 123.62 per barrel.

The basket of crude oil that India buys has hit a decade high of USD 121 per barrel, but retail selling prices of petrol and diesel continue to remain frozen.

The Indian basket on June 9 touched USD 121.28, matching levels seen in February/March 2012, according to data available from the oil ministry's Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC).

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) remained net sellers in the capital market, as they sold shares worth 1,512.64 crore on Thursday, as per exchange data.

Meanwhile, Fitch Ratings has upped the outlook on India's sovereign rating to 'stable' from 'negative' after two years, citing diminishing downside risks to medium-term growth on rapid economic recovery.

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