Closing Bell: Markets End Lower! Nifty Settles at 23,024, Sensex Plunges 1235 Points on Tuesday, January 21, 2025

The benchmark equity indices ended Tuesday’s trading session in negative territory. The NSE Nifty 50 fell 320.10 points or 1.37% to settle at 23,024.65, while the BSE Sensex plunged 1,235.08 points or 1.60% to 75,838.36.

The broader indices ended in negative territory, with falls led by Mid-cap and Small-cap stocks. Realty and Energy stocks plunged the most among the other sectoral indices like FMCG, IT, and Metal stocks ended marginally lower.

Sectoral Index

Bank Nifty index ended lower by 779.90 points or 1.58% to settle at 48,570.90. The Nifty Midcap 100 dropped 1,271.25 points, or 2.31%, ending the day’s trading at 53,834.95 In the broader markets, small-cap and mid-cap stocks finished in dark red.

Top Movers on Sensex Expiry Day

Apollo Hospitals and Tata Consumer Products shares surged by 2.13% and 1.22%, respectively, emerging as the top gainers on the NSE Nifty 50 index. They were followed by BPCL, Shriram Finance, and JSW Steel, which also registered notable gains.

On the other hand, the top laggards included Trent, NTPC, and Adani Ports and SEZ each falling over 3.50%, along with ICICI Bank and Adani Enterprises, which also ended the session in negative territory.

The Indian Volatility Index (India VIX) closed up by 3.89 % at 17.06.

Crude Oil 

WTI crude prices are trading at $75.74 down by 0.93%, while Brent crude prices are trading at $79.16 down by 0.76% on Tuesday, January 21, 202,5 at 3:56 PM (IST).

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