Stock Market Updates: Sensex, Nifty Trade Flat; Pharma Gains

The stock market continued trading flat intraday on December 18. At 12:43 PM, Sensex was down 68 points at 71414 mark while Nifty shed 7 points and was trading at 21449 level.

Around 1427 stocks advanced and 949 declined and 108 remained unchanged.

Among the sectors, realty space, which shed over half a percent dragged by Godrej Properties, Oberoi Realty, Swan Energy and DLF which declined 1-2 percent each.

Banking stocks were also under pressure with the top losers being ICICI Bank, AU Small Finance Bank and IndusInd Bank among others.

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However, some buying was seen in pharma and metal names with the top gainers being Zydus Life Sciences, Laurus Labs, Granules India, NALCO, SAIL and Hindustan Copper.

Top Nifty50 Gainers:

Top Nifty50 Losers:

Oil climbs on drop in Russia exports, Red Sea jitters

Oil prices rose in Asian trade on Monday, rising nearly 1% in early trade, supported by lower exports from Russia and as attacks by the Houthis on ships in the Red Sea raised concerns of oil supply disruption, according to a Reuters report.

Brent crude futures climbed 32 cents, or 0.4%, to $76.87 a barrel by 0413 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate crude was at $71.77 a barrel, up 34 cents, or 0.5%.

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