Market Today, Sensex, Nifty Share Prices Updates: The frontline indices on the BSE and National Stock Exchange (NSE) opened around 0.25 per cent lower on Tuesday tracking weakness in the global market.
At 9:15 am, the S&P BSE was down 147.07 points (0.25 per cent) at 57,844.04 while the Nifty 50 was at 17,197.60, down 43.40 points (0.25 per cent).
On the Sensex pack, Hindustan Unilever, HDFC Bank, Maruti Suzuki India, Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC), Titan Company and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories were the top laggards in the early deals while Wipro, HCL Technologies, Asian Paints, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), IndusInd Bank and Infosys were the top gainers.
Global Markets (from Reuters)
Asian stock markets fell and the dollar rose on Tuesday with investors worried about rising interest rates and an escalation in the Ukraine war, while Treasury yields leapt as an unnerving collapse in British gilts ricocheted around global bond markets.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 1.7 per cent to a two-year low, led by a deepening slide for chipmakers and China tech stocks in the wake of US export curbs aimed at hurting Chinese technology development.
Japan’s Nikkei dropped 2 per cent. The risk-sensitive Australian and New Zealand dollars hit 2-1/2 year lows.
