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Sensex, Nifty Post Their Worst Two-Day Fall In Nearly A Month

Indian equity benchmarks ended lower for the second day, posting their worst two-day decline in nearly a month.

A trader uses a telephone as he works on the trading floor. (Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg)
A trader uses a telephone as he works on the trading floor. (Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg)
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Closing Bell: Sensex, Nifty Post Their Worst Two-Day Fall In Nearly A Month

Indian equity benchmarks ended lower for the second day, posting their worst two-day decline in nearly a month.

The S&P BSE Sensex Index ended 0.77 percent lower at 35,199.80 and the NSE Nifty 50 Index ended at 10,600.05, down 0.53 percent.

Six out of 11 sectoral gauges compiled by National Stock Exchange advanced, led by the NSE Nifty Pharma Index’s 1.7 percent gain. On the flipside, NSE Nifty IT Index was the top sectoral loser, down 2.8 percent.

Sensex, Nifty Post Their Worst Two-Day Fall In Nearly A Month
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Stocks Moving On Heavy Volumes

VRL Logistics

  • Stock rose as much as 9.1 percent to Rs 314.80.
  • Trading volume was almost five times its 20-day average.

Phillips Carbon

  • Stock rose as much as 10.8 percent to Rs 228.60.
  • Trading volume was four times its 20-day average.

Vodafone Idea

  • Stock rose as much as 7.6 percent to Rs 45.55.
  • Trading volume was more than double its 20-day average.

SpiceJet

  • Stock rose as much as 7.4 percent to Rs 84.
  • Trading volume was double its 20-day average.

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Emerging-market equities look set to post double-digit returns next year after a tumultuous 2018 in which they tumbled into the bear market territory, Bloomberg reported quoting Goldman Sachs.

“With the U.S. economy likely to expand through 2020 and China managing its bumpy slowdown with bouts of stimulus, developing-nation shares will probably return 12 percent in dollar terms while assets as a whole will post modest gains in 2019,” Bloomberg reported quoting the brokerage's research report. (Click here to read the full story)

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