The Indian stock market opened flat on Tuesday as buying was seen in realty, media, IT, PSU bank, financial services and pharma sectors in early trade.
Sensex was trading at 79,584.29 after rising 88.14 points or 0.11 per cent. At the same time, Nifty was trading at 24,172.95 after rising 31.65 points or 0.13 per cent.
The market trend remained positive. On the National Stock Exchange (NSE), 1,525 stocks were trading in green, while 651 stocks were trading in red.
Nifty Bank wa...
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Indian frontline indices Sensex and Nifty opened in the red, following negative global cues from US and Asian peers.
At 9:45 a.m., Sensex was trading 139 points or 0.19 per cent lower at 73,865 points and Nifty was down 25 points or 0.11 per cent, at 22,476 points.
Nifty Midcap 100 was down 84 points or 0.16 per cent, at 51,784 points and Nifty Small 100 was down 35 points or 0.21 per cent, at 16,975 points.
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The special trading sessions on Saturday saw Indian equity markets extending their winning streak as the benchmark indices ended higher on both of the special sessions.
While the BSE Sensex closed above 74,000, up 342 points (0.46 per cent) the NSE Nifty 50 advanced 35.9 points or 0.16 per cent, to end at 22,502.
During the day, the Sensex rose as much as 0.33 per cent to 74,162.76.
Ajit Mishra, senior vice president, research, Religare Broking Ltd, said the benchmark indices experie...
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