Stock market heavyweight Reliance Industries stocks were the biggest losers on the Nifty 50 and failed to inspire the markets on Thursday despite some key announcements at the Reliance AGM 2021. The RIL shares today ended down 2.6 per cent on the NSE at Rs 2147.80. Likewise, the overall positive sentiments in the market could not end the losing streak in the RIL shares. RIL shares have now ended lower four-days in a row.   

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The stock markets today ended in the green with both the BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty 50 ending up by almost 0.7 per cent. The Sensex ended at 52,699 on the monthly expiry day, going up by over 392 points. Meanwhile, the Nifty 50 closed at 15,790.45, up by over 103 points.  

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In the 30 share BSE Sensex, 21 stocks were trading in the green at the end of Thursday’s trading session while the remaining 9 stocks were trading in the red at the closing time. The top 5 gainers on Thursday at close were Infosys, TCS, Tech Mahindra, HCL Technologies and Asian Paints Company while the top 5 losers were Reliance Industries, Bharti Airtel, Power Grid, SBI and HDFC. 

Meanwhile in the 50-share NSE Nifty 50, at the closing time 30 shares advanced, one stock remained unchanged while the remaining 19 declined. Infosys, TCS, JSW Steel, Tech Mahindra and Larsen and Toubro were the top 5 gainers on Thursday. The top 5 losers in the day’s trade were Reliance Industries, IOC, Coal India, Shree Cement and Bharti Airtel.   

Major indices including Nifty Midcap 50 and Nifty Next 50 ended in the red while Nifty Bank and Nifty Financial Services ended the day in the green.       

Nifty Indices     

  1. Among the sectoral indices, Nifty Bank ended 0.7 per cent up at 34,827     
  2. Nifty auto was up 0.3 per cent at 10,618.45    
  3. Nifty Realty was also down by over 0.8 per cent and ended at 345.55.    
  4. Nifty PSU Bank ended at 2,477.50, almost flat from the Tuesday closing.   
  5. Nifty Metal, Nifty FMCG and Nifty IT ended in the green while Nifty Pharma, and Nifty Media ended in the red on Thursday.      

Today, the USDINR futures were trading at 74.1850 on the BSE against the USD at 4:30 pm going down by almost 0.2 per cent.