Indian market extended the losses in the fourth session and ended marginally lower in the highly volatile session on February 19 with Nifty above 22,900. The investors remained cautious after US President Donald Trump announced plans to impose 25 percent tariffs on auto, semiconductor, and pharmaceutical imports. However, investors will keep eyes on the FOMC meeting minutes to be released tonight.
At close, the Sensex was down 28.21 points or 0.04 percent at 75,939.18, and the Nifty was down 12.40 points or 0.05 percent at 22,932.90.
Dr Reddy's Labs, TCS, HUL, Infosys, Adani Enterprises were among major losers on the Nifty, while gainers were Bharat Electronics, Hindalco, L&T, Axis Bank, Eicher Motors.
Broader indices outperformed with BSE Midcap index rising 1.3 percent and Smallcap index adding 2.4 percent.
Among sectors, IT index shed 1.3 percent and pharma index down 0.7 percent, while media, energy, metal, PSU bank, realty, capital goods rose 1-2 percent.
More than 380 stocks touched their 52-week low on the BSE, including Natco Pharma, Zydus Life, Timken India, Grindwell Norto, Carborundum Universal, Aether Industries, Star Health, Kirloskar Oil, Can Fin Homes, PVR INox, Mahindra Life, Sun Pharma Advanced, Ratnamani Metal, Kajaria Ceramic, Godrej Consumer, KNR Construction, Central Bank, Elgi Equipments, Sonata Software, among others.
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