In a surprise move on Wednesday, RBI Governor announced a 40 bps hike in the repo rate to 4.4 per cent, which sent shockwaves across the stock and bond markets.

Activity in the F&O market for the weekly expiry tomorrow shows 16500 to act as support now.

ONGC Ltd, Gujarat Ambuja Ltd and Rain Industries Limited are today’s market movers.

On Wednesday, the domestic equity barometers fell and ended near the day's low. Nifty fell below 16,700 points. The stocks have dropped across the board. Following Reserve Bank of India's surprise rate hike announcement, the bourses witnessed a significant sell-off today (RBI). Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) agreed unanimously to raise the policy repo rate by 40 basis points to 4.40 per cent. The cash reserve ratio (CRR) was also hiked by 50 basis points to 4.50 per cent by the central bank. "CRR hike might suck liquidity out of the banking industry to the tune of Rs 83,711.55 crore," the Governor stated. 

BSE Smallcap index plunged 2.11 per cent to close the session at 27,762.59.

On Wednesday, the domestic equity markets were driven majorly by events namely the commencement of the IPO of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) and an increase of 40 bps in repo rate by Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).  

Sensex tanked over 1,200 points and was trading at 55,775.81.09, down by 2.11 per cent, after RBI Governor announced a 40 bps rate hike in the repo rate at 2 pm on May 4, 2022.  

Nifty 50 also was down by 2.09 per cent and was trading at 16,712.80 levels.  

Indices ended nearly at the day’s low while Nifty plunged about 2.29 per cent to close at 16,677. Sensex tanked about 1,306 points amidst RBI’s decision to increase the repo rate by 50 bps.

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