Sensex slips nearly 130 points, Nifty settles below 18,150 mark

On Thursday, the benchmark Sensex and Nifty indices witnessed a fall. The Sensex plunged 0.21% to 61,431.74 points, while the Nifty fell 0.29% to 18,129.95 points. The midcap stocks showed bearish signals with the Nifty Midcap 50 dropping 0.74% to 9,176.55 points. Read on for more details on Thursday's market report.

The winning sectors in the stock market were NIFTY FIN SERVICE, NIFTY PVT BANK, and NIFTY BANK, which rose 0.32%, 0.32%, and 0.12%, respectively. The top stock gainers were Bajaj Finance, Bharti Airtel, and Kotak Mahindra, which climbed 1.37%, 1.04%, and 1.02%, respectively. Coming to top stock losers, Adani Ports, Divis Labs, and ITC lead the negative pack, plummeting 3.27%, 3.25%, and 2%, respectively.

Asian markets ended in green. Shanghai Composite Index, Hang Seng Index, and Nikkei climbed 0.4%, 0.84%, and 1.57% to settle at 3,297.32 points, 19,727.25 points, and 30,573.93 points, respectively. In US, NASDAQ ended on a strong note, surging 157.51 points, or 1.28%, to 12,500.57 points.

The Indian Rupee (INR) on Thursday weakened against the US Dollar, falling 0.25% to settle at Rs. 82.6. The gold futures largely traded flat, settling at Rs. 60,085, but silver futures dropped Rs. 485, or 0.67%, to Rs. 72,173. On the other hand, the crude oil futures slipped 0.42% to $72.51 per barrel.

Fuel prices in Delhi remain the same on Thursday with diesel costing Rs. 89.66/liter and petrol priced at Rs. 96.76/liter. Fuel prices in Mumbai also saw no change with the diesel priced at Rs. 94.25/liter and petrol costing Rs. 106.29/liter.

Bitcoin is selling at $27,410.66, up 2.03% from yesterday. Ethereum is up 1.14% and is trading at $1,826.86. Tether, BNB, and Cardano are listed at $0.9999 (0.02% down), $312.95 (0.99% up), and $0.3759 (2.36% up), respectively. Dogecoin is trading at $0.07403, up 0.02% from yesterday.