Indian stock indices ended Thursday’s volatile session in the green on the weekly F&O expiry. The Nifty closed above 17890 and Sensex settled above 60800. Top gainers on the BSE Sensex were Bajaj Finserv (up 2.30%), Asian Paint (up 1.80 %), Infosys (up 1.76%), Bajaj Finance (up 1.59%) and IndusInd Bank (up 1.51%) while Bharti Airtel (down 1.10%) , UltraTech Cement (down 0.92%), Tata Motors (down 0.78%), Sun Pharma (down 0.65%) and HDFC (down 0.53%) were the losers.
“After a weak start, Nifty recovered smartly late in the session. At the lower end, 17750 served as support for the day, while at the upper end, the index moved above the High from the previous session So far the index has been able to protect 17,800 on a closing basis On the lower end, support is placed at 17650. Resistance at the upper end is set at 18000 /18200,” said Rupak De, senior technical analyst at LKP Securities.
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The BSE Sensex rose 142.43 points or 0.23% to 60,806.22 and the NSE Nifty 50 climbed 21.75 pts or 0.12% to 17,893.45. Sector indices ended mixed, Bank Nifty was up 0.04%, Nifty IT was up 0.70%, Nifty Auto was down 0.52%, Nifty Metal was down 1.58% and Nifty Pharma was down. down 0.44%.
Asian markets
Asian markets closed weakly on Thursday. China’s Shanghai Composite Index rose 38.28 pts or 1.18% to 3,270.38, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 340.84 pts or 1.60% to 21,624.36 while Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 22.11 pts or 0.08% to 27,584.35 and South Korea’s KOSPI fell 2.12 or 0.2.48% to 0.2.48 %
European markets
European markets were trading in the green. The English FTSE100 traded at 7,939.21, up 54.04 points or 0.69% at 4:00 p.m. (IST). The European Euronext100 gained 18.67 points or 1.40% to 1,355.13. The French CAC traded 99.57 points or 1.40% higher at 7,219.40. The German DAX rose 212.17 points or 1.38% to 15,624.22.
US markets
US stock indices ended the night’s session in the red. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 207.68 or 0.61% to 33,949.01, the S&P 500 fell 46.14 pts or 1.11% to 4,117.86 and the Nasdaq Composite Index fell from 203.27 or 1.68% to 11,910.52.
Movement of the rupee
The Indian rupee traded flat, down 0.03% to 82.51 against the US dollar as of 4:10 p.m. (IST).
Gold Silver
Gold futures on the multi-commodity exchange for April delivery were trading at Rs 57,281.00 up 66 points or 0.12% while silver futures for March delivery were flat, down 2 points at Rs 67,631.00 at 4:10 p.m. (IST).
Crude oil
WTI crude futures for March delivery rose 0.25% to $78.67 while Brent crude futures for March delivery were trading up 0.28% at 85, $33 at 4:11 p.m. (IST).
Cryptocurrency
Bitcoin (BTC) as of 4:15 PM (IST) was trading at $22,703.68, down 2% in the past 24 hours. Its total market cap is $437,845,396,087. Ethereum (ETH) was trading at $1,633.25, down 2.26% in the past 24 hours. It has a total market capitalization of $199,867,651,664.
