Stock Market Highlights: Sensex, Nifty End in Green; Coal India, Nestle, NTPC Top Gainers

The Indian stock market closed in the green after a volatile morning session on December 19, 2023. At close, Sensex was up 122 points at 71437 mark while Nifty added 34 points and ended the session at 21453 mark.

Around 1255 stocks advanced and 1258 declined and 103 remained unchanged.

Among the sectors, the FMCG index added over 1 percent followed by the PSU Bank index which gained half a percent.

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However, selling was seen in IT, media and metals which shed 0.5 to 1 percent each.

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Asian Markets End Mixed:

Asian markets ended mixed on December 19, 2023. However, Japan’s Nikkei 225 index closed more than 1 percent higher after the country’s central bank left the main policy rate unchanged.

Hang Seng index shed 0.75 percent at 16,505 mark while Kospi added 0.07 percent and closed the session at 2,568.55 level.

European Markets Edge Higher:

European Markets were trading highr on December 19. At 3:43 PM, FTSE added 0.16 percent at 7,627.01 level while CAC was marginally higher by 0.06 percent at 7,573.22 level. German DAX added 0.3 percent and was trading at 16,699.75 mark.

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