Among sectoral indices, except for Bankex and Realty, most BSE sectoral indices ended in red

Among the sectoral indices, Nifty Pharma closed marginally higher while the rest of the indices closed lower.

Dr Lal PathLabs Ltd, Godrej Consumers and Hindustan Aeronautics are today’s mid-day movers gaining more than 2 per cent since the market opened.   

The sugar industry as a whole is trending due to robust exports. Also, the government has extended the date for loan disbursement for domestic ethanol projects.

The US markets namely, Dow Jones and NASDAQ were down by 0.40 per cent & 2.2 per cent, respectively. Invesco plans to sell a 7.8 per cent stake in Zee via block deals. Bandhan Bank, ChrysCap, and GIC teamed up to buy IDFC Mutual Fund for Rs 4,500 crore. Meanwhile, ‘Tata Neu’, the country’s first super app is set to launch today. The buyers outnumbered sellers to show positivity in the market. On BSE, 2,018 shares rose and 1,196 shares fell. The FIIs sold shares worth Rs 2,279.97 crore while the DIIs bought shares worth Rs 622.92 crore on April 6.

 NSE and BSE listed KBC Global has moved up by almost 300 per cent in the last three years. 

At 11.30 am, on Thursday, the core equity indices i.e., Sensex and Nifty 50, fell for the third consecutive day due to poor global cues. The price of crude oil fell below $100 and is trading at $ 97.54 per barrel. 

On Thursday, the Indian benchmark indices started the session in red with Nifty slipping below 17,800 due to weak global cues.  

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Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd, an S&P BSE SmallCap company, rallied 5.70 per cent on the bourses within the first fifteen minutes of the day.