Share Market News: Nifty was struggling and was trading at 17,442 as of 10:00 AM, on Monday. 40 out of 50 stocks in the index were declining. The fall was led by Divi’s Laboratories.
New Delhi: Share markets were trading in red as Pharma, metal and IT stocks fell sharply Monday. As of 2:15 PM, Sensex was down over 1,900 points at 57,078. All 30 stocks in the index were in the red with Bajaj Finance and Wipro among the top losers.
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The shares of Zomato and Paytm touched their respective lows since the listing. Zomato shares fell around 18 per cent to Rs 98 per share on BSE, On the other hand, Paytm shares were trading at Rs 918. Interestingly, it was listed at Rs 2,150 per equity share.
Nifty too was struggling and was trading at 17,442 as of 10:00 AM, on Monday. 40 out of 50 stocks in the index were declining. The fall was led by Divi’s Laboratories. Other stocks that were in the red in Nifty50 were Hindalco, Tech Mahindra and Wipro. In metal stocks, JSW Steel fell over 3 per cent.
In the indices, NIFTY Media saw the biggest fall of 2.5 per cent, followed by Nifty IT and Nifty Metal. In Media, Nazara and ZEEL were among the top losers. However, in Metal and IT, Apollo Tubes and Coforge were top losers respectively.
On the flip side, shares of ONGC and Cipla were trading in the green and were up over 2 per cent in the 50 shares pack, Nifty50. In Sensex, IndusInd Bank and SunPharma were trading in green.
In other news, Adani Wilmar IPO will open for public subscription on January 27, 2022. The company has announced a price band of Rs 218-230. The company owns oil brands like Fortune oil etc.
