Stock Market: Sensex down 24 pts, Nifty shed 5pts

The stock market in India on Monday witness steep fall, both BSE Sensex and Nifty were ended in red. The BSE Sensex was ended at 19460 by losing around 24 points (0.12%).

At closing, Nifty was at 5,897 points with 5.65 points down (0.10%). Both the markets were seen gaining –turning into green during post lunch session, but could not maintain the momentum, ended in red.

At Sensex, volume toppers were SBI, ICICIBank, TCS, Infosys and Tata Motors and 13 scrips were advanced in the entire day while 17 scrips recorded down.

Major gainers were MMTC, Hindustan Copp, Indian Bank, Cipla and Oberoi Realty. And losers were Cadila Health, Astrazeneca Phar, Financial Tech, United Brew-$ and Jain Irrigation.

At Nifty, major gainers were CIPLA, AXISBANK, HINDALCO, TATAMOTORS and DRREDDY. Losers were ACC, JINDALSTEL, IDFC, MARUTI, and ONGC.