Share Market News Today | Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: Bulls staged a comeback on Dalal Street in a highly volatile session. After swinging between gains and losses, benchmark indices ended higher with Nifty above 17,300, led by auto, bank, IT, oil & gas stocks. BSE Sensex ended 696.81 points or 1.22% higher at 57,989.30, and the Nifty 50 was up 197.90 points or 1.16% at 17,315.50. Bank Nifty settled 330 points or 0.92% up at 36,348. Among sectors IT, Auto, Bank and Oil & Gas indices rose 1 percent each, while Realty index was down 1 percent. The BSE midcap and smallcap indices ended on flat note. Tech Mahindra, BPCL, Tata Motors, Reliance Industries and IOC were among the top Nifty gainers, while losers were HUL, Nestle India, Britannia Industries, Cipla and Divis Lab.
FMCG shares under pressure; HUL, Nestle slide top losers
Shares of fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies were under pressure with most of the frontline stocks down up to 4 per cent on growth concerns. Hindustan Unilever (HUL), Godrej Consumer Products, Marico, Nestle India, Britannia Industries and Dabur India slipped between 2 per cent and 4 per cent on the BSE.
Tata Motors to increase prices of commercial vehicles, stock down marginally
Tata Motors has announced an impending price hike of its commercial vehicle range. An increase in price in the range of 2-2.5%, will come into effect from April 1, 2022 across the range, depending upon individual model and variant. Tata Motors was quoting at Rs 424.20, down Rs 3.75, or 0.88 per cent on the BSE.
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