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MARKET LIVE: Sensex sheds 1,000 pts; Nifty below 16,250; RIL, Banks, IT dip

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Stock market highlights: Global doom rocked Indian equities on Friday as investors fretted over longer-than-expected sticky inflation, coupled with aggressive monetary policy tightening. Tracking losses in global peers, the benchmark S&P BSE plunged 1,114 points intra-day, before settling at 54,303, down 1,017 points or 1.84 per cent.

The NSE Nifty50, meanwhile, held the 16,200-mark to close at 16,202, down 276 points or 1.68 per cent. The index had hit a low of 16,173 during the day. In the broader market, the MidCap 100 and SmallCap100 fell up to 1 per cent.

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Over 35 stocks ended the session in the red with Bajaj Finance, HDFC, Kotak Bank, Hindalco, Wipro, Reliance Industries, Tech M, and Infosys falling between 2.5-4 per cent. The losses were trimmed by gains in Grasim Industries, Asian Paints, Apollo Hospitals, Divis Labs, and Dr Reddy’s Labs, that gained over 0.5 per cent each.

Sectorally, all but FMCG ended the session in the red. The losses were led by the Nifty IT, Oil & gas, Private Bank, and Financial Services indices as they fell 2 per cent each. 

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Global cues

European stocks fell further on Friday as investors digested the European Central Bank’s latest policy meeting and looked ahead to a key print. The pan-European Stoxx 600 dropped 1.3 per cent in early trade, with banks shedding 2 per cent to lead losses.

US stock futures were muted in early premarket trade on Friday, while shares in Asia-Pacific closed largely in the red. 



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