- Share Market Close: Benchmark indices closed in the red on Monday with Sensex shedding 300 pts and Nifty closing below 17,850. Bank and Energy shed; Auto, IT remained stable. Cipla, Adani Enterprises, and Britannia dragged. Divi’s Lab jumped 2%.
Inflation figures remain a concern among investors and Adani stocks continued to shed on Monday. Adani Group’s market capitalisation (mcap) has slipped below $100 billion on Monday, tumbling over $135 billion since the explosive Hindenburg Research report released in late January.
20 Feb 2023, 03:41:09 PM IST
Indices shed 0.5% in today’s session as Sensex closes below 60,700 and Nifty below 17,850
Indian shares struggled for direction on Monday and ended in the red with Adani stocks remaining under pressure and investors continued to worry that the U.S. Federal Reserve would keep interest rates higher for longer.
Sensex gave up on the 61,000 mark and closed at 60,691, a drop of 311 points. Nifty 50 also went below 17,850 and closed at 17,844, a drop of 100 points.
Adani stocks continued to shed in today’s session with Adani Enterprises leading the laggards by dropping 6.3%. Cipla also shed 6.1%. Divi’s Lab gained more than 2% in today’s session and Ultratech was another stock with a decent climb.
Among sectoral indices, Bank and Energy dragged the most and lost more than a per cent each. Pharma and Metal also shed in today’s session. Auto and IT were the only sectors to have ended in the green with marginal gains.
Japanese shares posted small gains on Monday as cautious traders awaited a week of important U.S. and global economic data as well as testimony by the incoming Bank of Japan (BOJ) leadership team. The Nikkei edged up 0.07% staying near the middle of its range since Jan. 24. The broader Topix gained 0.39%.
China stocks saw their best day since end-November on Monday as risk appetite improved on hopes of the economy gradually shifting from reopening to recovery, outweighing the pressure from U.S.-China tensions.
China’s blue-chip CSI300 Index closed up 2.5% and the Shanghai Composite Index gained 2.0%. Both indexes logged their biggest daily jump since Nov. 29. Meanwhile, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng benchmark finished up 0.8%, and the China Enterprises Index added 1%.
European shares opened higher boosted by miners on bets of demand recovery in China and a jump in car parts maker Faurecia after an upbeat forecast. The pan-European STOXX 600 index edged higher. Prices of industrial metals rose on hopes of a recovery in demand from top consumer China and amid support from global mining supply disruptions.
UK’s exporter-heavy FTSE 100 gained on Monday as mining stocks rose on a bet on demand recovery in top consumer China, and retailer Frasers Group jumped after announcing a share buyback. The blue-chip FTSE 100 gained in the morning session trading above the 8,000-point mark after breaching a record high last week.