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Equity benchmark indices close in red; Sensex tanks 1,170 pts, Nifty slips below 17,500
Mumbai (Maharashtra), November 22, 2021 (ANI): Stock markets witnessed a bloodbath since the opening on Monday, with the benchmark index continuing the downside move throughout the day and crashing by almost 2 percent at the closing bell.
At the closing bell, the BSE S&P Sensex was down by 1170.12 points or 1.96 percent at 58465.89, while the Nifty 50 dropped by 348.30 points or 1.96 percent at 17416.50.
In BSE Sensex, the sectors which plummeted the most were the energy sector with a decline of 3.99 percent, consumer durables with 3.22 percent, the auto sector with 3.07 percent, and oil and gas with 3.00 percent.
The only sectors that gained were Telecom by 2.92 percent and metal by 0.07 percent.
Among stocks, the top gainer was Bharti Airtel which surged 3.90 percent to Rs 742.05 per share, followed by Asian Paints up by 1.14 percent to Rs 3,263 per share, and Power Grid Corp up by 0.99 percent to Rs 194.25 per share.
Meanwhile, Bajaj Finance cracked by 5.74 percent, followed by Bajaj Finserv down by 4.69 percent, Reliance down by 4.42 percent, and NTPC down by 3.73 percent. (ANI)