by Sandip Das on 19 February 2024, 5 min read
The Indian stock market ended the session on February 19, 2024, on a positive note with Nifty hitting an all-time high. At close, the Sensex was up 281.52 points or 0.39 percent at 72,708.16, and the Nifty was up 81.60 points or 0.37 percent at 22,122.30.
Around 2184 stocks advanced and 1243 shares declined while 123 stocks remained unchanged.
Among sectors, capital goods, IT metal, and realty ended in the red, while auto, bank, FMCG, healthcare, oil & gas, power up 0.3 -1 percent.
The pharma index hit a new 52-week high of 19,079.30 on February 19, 2024. The top gainers included Natco Pharma which jumped over 4 percent followed by Sanofi, Granules India, Cipla, Zydus Lifesciences, and Laurus Labs.
Company Name | Last Traded Price (Rs) | % Change |
Grasim Industries | 2170.65 | 3.09 |
Bajaj Finserv | 1618.6 | 2.71 |
Bajaj Auto | 8514 | 2.27 |
Cipla | 1471.35 | 2.13 |
Bharti Airtel | 1141.4 | 1.91 |
Company Name | Last Traded Price (Rs) | % Change |
Coal India | 459.65 | -4.24 |
Larsen & Toubro | 3341.15 | -1.35 |
SBI Life Insurance | 1488.9 | -1.30 |
Wipro | 536 | -1.29 |
HDFC Life Insurance | 585.6 | -1.16 |
Stock markets in China rose as traders returned from a long holiday on Monday to upbeat travel data, while Hong Kong stocks fell. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell 1 percent, while the Hang Seng Tech index shed 2.7 percent, according to a CNBC.com report.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 inched 0.07 percent lower, while the broader Topix added 0.5 percent. South Korea’s Kospi added 1.3 percent, while the smaller-cap Kosdaq was flat. In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 closed 0.1 percent higher at 7,665.10.
European markets started the new trading week on a negative note, changing course after largely positive sentiment last week. FTSE was marginally higher by 0.05 percent at 7,715.71 while CAC shed 0.36 percent at 7,739.91. German DAX shed 0.26 percent at 17,073.07.
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