The wild ride in equity markets continued on Thursday, worsened by the weekly F&O expiry, as investors kept an eye on geopolitical tensions in Eastern Europe between Russia and Ukraine.
During the day, the BSE Sensex and the Nifty50 indices oscillated within a 700-point and 200-point zone, respectively, before ending the session in the red. The Sensex index finally ended the day at 57,892, down 105 points, while the Nifty50 index ended the day at 17,305, down 17 points.
The biggest large-cap gainers today were HDFC (up 1.7 percent), Reliance Industries (1.2 percent), and Power Grid (0.56 percent). Following them were HDFC, L&T, Tech Mahindra, ITC, and ITC.
The major drags on the downside were ICICI Bank (down 2.3 percent), Axis Bank and Ultratech Cement (both down 2 percent), and IndusInd Bank (down 1.3 percent). Other laggards included Neslte India, SBI, HDFC Bank, Kotak Bank, and Sun Pharma.
The BSE MidCap index declined 0.22 percent, while the BSE SmallCap index fell 0.67 percent in broader markets.
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