Stock markets on Monday ended the day in red. Both BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 were down by over 3 per cent at close. While the 30 share BSE Sensex ended the day at 30028.98 or over 1068 points lower, the broader market Nifty was down by more than 300 points at 8823.55. Barring four stocks on the Sensex, all ended in the red. The four stocks on Sensex which were gainers in today’s session were TCS, Infosys, ITC and HCL Technologies.

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The biggest losers on the Sensex were Indusind Bank, HDFC, Maruti Suzuki, Axis Bank and UltraTech Cements Company.

Meanwhile, top gainers on Nifty 50 were Cipla, TCS, Bharti Infratel, Infosys, HCL Technologies. The top losers were Indusind Bank, Eicher Motors, BPCL, UltraTech Cement Company.  

Most Nifty sectoral indices were down today including Nifty Auto which was down by over 5 per cent, Nifty Bank down by almost 7 per cent and Nifty Metal down by 4 per cent . Nifty IT was however up by almost 0.9 per cent.

Today, the rupee was trading at Rs 76.0650 per USD at around 3:50 pm. It closed at 75.8625 on Friday.

Asian shares were led higher by S&P 500 futures on Monday and oil prices hit a five-week peak as countries` efforts to re-open their economies stirred hopes the world was nearer to emerging from recession. MSCI`s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan still edged up 0.4 per cent. Japan`s Nikkei rose 0.6 per cent and Chinese blue chips 0.3 per cent. EUROSTOXX 50 futures also gained 1.5 per cent and FTSE futures 1.4 per cent.

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Oil prices rose as demand picked up as countries around the world eased travel restrictions. Brent crude futures firmed 96 cents to $33.46 a barrel, while U.S. crude rose 98 cents to $30.41.

Inputs from Reuters