Container Corporation of India Ltd, IDBI Bank and Indian Hotels Company Limited are today’s mid-day movers

Indian markets nosedived during Wednesday's trading session, tracking weak global peers. The US market was down by 0.80 per cent and 2.20 per cent. The mutual fund industry’s AUM grew by 19 per cent to Rs 38.37 lakh crore. The buyers outnumbered sellers to show positivity in the market. On BSE, 2,068 shares rose while 1,151 shares fell. The FIIs bought shares worth Rs 374.89 crore and the DIIs sold shares worth Rs 105.42 crore on April 05. 

At 11.30 am on Wednesday, the core equity indices i.e., Sensex & Nifty 50 fell, owing to poor Q4 result updates from IT and auto companies, which led to higher selling from investors.  

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Equity indices opened lower and traded with losses in the early trade. Asian markets were trading lower on Wednesday, mirroring losses seen among their peers on Wall Street, following an overnight surge. Buying was seen by both foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) as well as domestic institutional investors (DIIs) worth Rs 374.89 crore and Rs 105.42 crore, respectively in the Indian markets on April 04. Crude oil is trading at $ 102 per barrel. The Rupee has depreciated this morning and is trading at 75.49 against the dollar. 

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Swan Energy Ltd, an S&P BSE 500 company, was the top gainer in the pre-opening session today.

The domestic markets took a breather after Monday’s surge and ended lower. After a flat start, the benchmark indices hovered in a range and ended around the day’s low, dragged by heavyweights and also, due to a lack of cues from other Asian markets, many of which were shut for a public holiday. NSE's India VIX, a gauge of market volatility, plunged 2.14 per cent to 19.21 levels.

On Tuesday, the Indian markets ended lower after clocking two-month highs in the previous trading session, as investors booked profits in HDFC Bank and HDFC along with other heavyweights in the index.