At 12.30 pm on Wednesday, the headline equity indices, i.e. Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading lower as the global economies all over the world are fighting inflation and trying to subdue the inevitable recession

At noon on Tuesday, the headline equity indices, i.e. Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading higher by a per cent each. Sensex was at 52,380.30, up by 782.36 points or 1.52 per cent while Nifty 50 was at 15,588.05, up by 237.90 points or 1.55 per cent.    

  At market close on Tuesday the core equity indices, i.e. Sensex and Nifty 50 ended on a slightly ,lower side after opening in the green in the morning session.

At 11.30 am on Friday, the core equity indices, i.e. Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading lower by more than a per cent each as the global indices fell sharply due to various reasons as listed below. 

In the first hour of the trading session, Sensex and Nifty were able to recover some of the opening losses and traded flat. At the time of market opening, 27 out of 30 stocks on Sensex were trading in the red. The top gainers on Sensex are Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Reliance Industries, and Maruti Suzuki whereas the top losers include Asian Paints, Tata Steel, Power Grid Corporation, L&T, and UltraTech Cement.  

At 2.30 pm on Wednesday, the core equity indices, i.e. Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading on the lower side as the markets reacted to the rate hike by RBI.  

At noon on Tuesday, the core equity indices, i.e. Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading on the lower side as the markets globally fear that the onset of a recession is very near.  

 Reserve Bank of Australia hiked its interest rates by 50 basis points (half a percentage) in a surprise move, which was a bolder move than was expected by the economists.  

Around noon today, the core equity indices, i.e. Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading on the lower side as the US markets ended lower by more than a per cent on Friday. 

The US indices, S&P 500 & tech-heavy Nasdaq were up by 1.84 per cent and 2.69 per cent, respectively, after the stocks gained in anticipation of the jobs data report due on Friday.  

Shares of Raymond Limited made a fresh 52-week high on Thursday. The scrip was up by 20 per cent and was trading at Rs 1274.75, on the BSE.