Banks, financials and consumer durable shares declined while metal, IT, pharma and oil & gas stocks advanced. The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of market volatility went down by 3.30 per cent to 23.93 levels.  

Activity in the F&O market for the weekly expiry on 31-Mar-2022, shows 16000 to act as support now.

In the broader market, media displayed a strong rally with Nifty Media surging 5.9 per cent with metal being a distant second at 1.5% gain. Both Midcap and Smallcap indices closed on a positive note while Banking, Financials and Consumer Durables were the losing sectors for the day. 

BSE Smallcap index managed to close in the green territory at 27,892.67, up by 0.16 per cent.

We prefer calling our customers as part of an ‘emerging Bharat’ as opposed to a digital India, expresses Ketan Merchant, CFO, Fino Payments Bank Ltd. 

Nifty lost about 22 points and closed marginally lower while Sensex lost over 88 points.

The Indian real estate sector is witnessing a healthy increase in demand due to lower interest rates.

With Sensex trading flat today, ZEEL has been flying as its prime investor Invesco relaxed its opposition to the company’s corporate action of merger with Sony India’s unit.

At 1.30 pm on Thursday, the core equity indices i.e, Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading on the lower side, as the US markets fell on Wednesday by more than 1 per cent. The gold prices rose by 3 per cent, whereas crude oil was trading at USD 121.9 per barrel, up by 0.25 per cent. 

However, as the saying goes, ‘every bad day has an end’, the same is turning true for this stock since it jumped more than 10 per cent on a day when the markets are trading in red!