Share Market Pre Open Updates – April 19, 2024

On April 18, 2024, Nifty 50 and Sensex dropped 0.69% and 0.62% to  21,995 and 72,488, respectively. Foreign Institutional Investors (FII) sold securities worth around ₹4,260 crore, while domestic investors bought shares worth ₹2,285 crore.

Top Gainers and Losers

Nifty Media was the only sector that closed in green. The Nifty Healthcare Index, Nifty Oil and Gas, Nifty FMCG, and Nifty Financial Services ended in the red. The top gainers were Jio Financial Services, ICICI Lombard, Bharti Airtel, and Vedanta Limited, which showed positive movement. On the other hand, Apollo Hospitals, ABB, Nestle India, and Titan were the top losers of the day.

Stocks In The News

Bharti Airtel and MastekTechnologies were in the news on April 18, 2024.

• The shares of Bharti Airtel rose around 4% due to higher than expected tariff hikes.
• Mastek secured an order worth £ 1.2 billion from the British Defence Ministry, which led the share price to soar 8%.

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