After making a cautious start amid mixed global cues, the Indian benchmark indices ended the day on a negative note with Nifty closing at 16,522 and Sensex ending at 55,381.

On Tuesday around noon, the headline equity indices, i.e. Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading flat as compared to the last trading session, owing to a rise in the crude oil price, as the European Union (EU) has finally decided to ban almost 90 per cent crude oil imports from Russia by the end of 2022.  

On Tuesday, the equity markets saw a highly volatile session and the benchmark indices ended lower with Nifty settling below 17,000 mark.

The core equity indices ended in red with Nifty below 16500 in the highly volatile market on Thursday dragged by the auto and financial names. Sensex dropped 0.66 per cent closing at 55,102.68 level and Nifty closed 0.65 per cent lower at the 16,498 level.

What a day of trading it was on D-Street today! The initial hour of today’s trading session was quite volatile as Nifty swung both ways and at one point in time, it had slipped below the 17,600 mark. However, the bulls continued their New Year Celebration and logged a marvellous rally of over 1 per cent on Tuesday.