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Indian Economy: Sensex falls by 31.12 pts

| @indiablooms | Mar 17, 2021, at 12:04 am

Mumbai/UNI: The BSE Sensex remained weak for the third straight session on Tuesday as it fell by 31.12 pts to settle at 50,363.96 as selling was seen in Bankex, Metal, Finance and Capital Goods stocks.

The Nifty too eased by 19.05 pts to 14,910.45.

High volatility was witnessed during the day, as the sensex rose by 213 pts to 50,608.42. It advanced by 462 pts to 50,857.98, days high.

Later, it went down nearly 106 pts to 50,289.44 days low before closing at 50,363.96, falling by 31.13 pts from its previous close.

The sensex registered days high and low at 50,857.98 and 50,289.44 pts respectively.

The Nifty recorded days high and low at 15,051.60 and 14,890.65 pts respectively.

The sectoral indices Bankex, Metal, Finance and Capital Goods stocks kept the market under pressure today.

The scrips like ICICI Bank, SBI, HDFC Bank, Kotak Bank and HDFC slid while scrips include Asian Paints, Dr Reddy, Hind Unilever and TCS rose.

The Mid rose by 0.40 pc and Small Cap by 0.32 pc.

In 30 scrips, 13 advanced while 17 declined.

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