US President Donald Trump’s new tariff threats have shocked the notion of investors. Trump has warned to impose a “too much” duty on Indian exports. Trump took this tough stance, citing continuous purchase of Russian oil by India. Meanwhile, the stock market is now eyeing the meeting of the RBI Monetary Policy Committee, the results of which can further decide the market stand.
Talking about a few select -lead shares, the Nifty Auto index increased by 0.06 percent, while consumer durables saw a slight increase of 0.04 percent. At the same time, Nifty Oil and Gas dropped 1.16 percent. This was followed by a decline of 1.08 percent and 0.90 percent respectively in Pharma and FMCG sector. IT, infrastructure and energy sector were also weak. Banking share remained under pressure, the Nifty Bank Index fell 0.72 percent and PSU bank fell 0.57 percent.
Investors lost ₹ 82,000 crore
The total market capitalization of companies listed in BSE declined to Rs 447.97 lakh crore on August 4, which was Rs 448.79 lakh crore on its previous trading day i.e. Friday, August 1. In this way, market capitalization of companies listed in BSE has increased by about 4.30 lakh crore rupees today. Or in other words, the assets of investors have increased by about Rs 4.30 lakh crore.
These 5 shares of Sensex rise
17 out of 30 shares of BSE Sensex closed with green mark ie. It saw the highest growth of 2.16 per cent in Titan shares. After this, the shares of Maruti Suzuki, Trent, Bharti Airtel and Bajaj Finance closed up 0.69 per cent to 1.30 per cent.
These 5 shares of Sensex decline the most
While 13 shares of Sensex closed in red mark. In this too, Adani Ports fell by 2.38 percent to the biggest loss. At the same time, the shares of Reliance Industries (RIL), Infosys, ICICI Bank and Eternal saw a decline of 1.00 percent to 1.40%.
2,299 shares rise
The number of shares that closed with an edge on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) today were more. Today, a total of 4,197 shares were traded on the exchange. Out of this, 1,744 shares closed with an increase. At the same time, 2,299 shares saw a decline. While 154 shares were closed flat without any fluctuations. Apart from this, 128 shares touched the highest level of their new 52-week during trading today. While 101 shares touched the lowest level of its new 52-week.
