Barring Nifty Pharma, which gained half a per cent, all the sectoral indices settled in red

Share Market News Today | Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices HIGHLIGHTS: Domestic equity market benchmarks BSE Sensex and Nifty50 ended nearly 2 per cent lower on Tuesday dragged by banking stocks. The 30-share index Sensex tanked 660 points or 1.80 per cent to close the session at 36,033, while the broader Nifty 50 index declined 195 points or 1.81 per cent to settle at 10,607. Of 30 Sensex stocks, 27 scrips ended in the negative territory with IndusInd Bank falling the most, down 5.33 per cent, followed by Axis Bank, Maruti Suzuki, Power Grid Corporation of India, Bajaj Finserv and State Bank of India (SBI). While, Titan Company, Bharti Airtel and Bajaj-Auto were the only gainers on pack. Barring Nifty Pharma, which gained half a per cent, all the sectoral indices settled in red. Nifty Private Bank index fell the most, down 3.32 per cent. Nifty Metal, Nifty Financial Services and Nifty Auto were also down in the range of 2.25-2.50 per cent.

India’s most valued company by market capitalisation (m-cap), Reliance Industries, is now the world’s 51st most-valued company by m-cap. RIL, with current m-cap of $170 billion, is the only Indian company among 51 most-valued global firms.