Mumbai: The Indian stock market closed flat on Friday, with selling in the auto, PSU bank, financial service, metal, and realty sectors at the end of trading.
Sensex slipped 55.47 points, or 0.07 per cent, to 79,486.32.
On the other hand, Nifty fell 51.15 points, or 0.21 per cent, to 24,148.20.
Nifty Bank fell 355.30 points or 0.68 per cent to 51,561.20. Nifty Midcap 100 index closed at 56,352.00 at the end of trading after falling 757.15 points or 1.33 per cent. The Nifty Smallcap 100 index closed at 18,445.60 after falling 318.25 points or 1.70 percent.
The realty, energy, and media sectors of the Nifty fell by more than 2 percent. Selling was also seen in the auto, PSU bank, financial service, metal, private bank, and infra sectors.
Asian Paints, Tata Steel, SBI, Tata Motors, Reliance, NTPC, ICICI Bank and Bharti Airtel were the top losers in the Sensex pack. At the same time, M&M, Titan, Tech Mahindra, Nestle India, and Infosys were the top gainers.
On the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), 1,397 stocks were trading in green, 2,574 in red, and 93 shares remained unchanged.
According to market experts, consolidation continued in the market as investors remained cautious due to earnings disappointment and the flight of FIIs.
The US Fed continued its rate-cutting cycle to stimulate the economy and is expecting a similar 25-bps rate cut in the December policy meet amid moderation in inflation, they said.
They further added that inflation in India is projected to rise in October, and the strong US dollar will force the RBI to keep rates on hold in the near future.
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–IANS
