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( As on 29/09/2020 15:02)

Sensex, Nifty volatile; IT, metal stocks shine

Domestic bourses continued its volatile trade during the late noon trading session.



Meanwhile, Indian rupee ended lower by 4 paise at 73.82 per dollar, amid volatile trade in the domestic equity market.

At 14:55 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 37978.88 down by -2.75 points or by -0.01 % and then NSE Nifty was at 11215.7 down by -11.85 points or by -0.11 %.



Sensex touched intraday high of 38235.94 and intraday low of 37831.35 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 11305.4 and intraday low of 11181



The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 4051.50,+3.13%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2491.05,+2.71%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 1167.45,+2.48%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 369.40,+2.34%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2252.00,+1.64%), among others.



The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 534.40,-3.70%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (Rs. 69.25,-3.69%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 425.80,-3.04%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 164.05,-2.41%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 815.00,-2.38%), among others.



Among the sectors, Metal index was at 8462.45 up by 146.28 points or by 1.76%. Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 176.00,+4.98%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (Rs. 192.40,+4.62%), JSW Steel Ltd. (Rs. 284.85,+2.80%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 369.40,+2.34%), NMDC Ltd. (Rs. 83.00,+1.53%),.



Bankex index was at 24243.5 down by -376.35 points or by -1.53%. IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 534.40,-3.70%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 425.80,-3.04%), Federal Bank Ltd. (Rs. 49.10,-2.77%), Bandhan Bank Ltd. (Rs. 273.50,-2.53%), RBL Bank Ltd. (Rs. 169.70,-2.27%),.



The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 2963 , shares advanced were 1260 while 1513 shares declined and 190 were unchanged.