BSE NSE Sensex Today, Stock Market Latest Update: December 18 Share Market, Trade BSE, Nifty, Sensex Live News Updates | Sensex opens at record 47 thousand, Burger King shares on lower circuit for second day

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The stock market has reached record levels due to heavy foreign investment. The Sensex opened at a record 47,026.02 on Friday. The index is currently trading at 46,684.21, down 206.13 points. In addition, the Nifty is trading down 63 points at 13,677.70. At the same time, Burger King shares are trading at Rs 161.45, down nearly 10% on the lower circuit.

Stocks update

The banking sector and large stocks are seeing a sharp decline. The Nifty Bank Index is trading down 379 points at 30,467.70. IndusInd Bank’s stock is trading down 3% in the Nifty. ONGC, Coal India and Tata Motors shares fell 2–2%. At the same time, HCL Tech and Infosys shares are up 2-2%. The market cap of the companies listed in the BSE has risen to Rs 184.12 lakh crore.

Foreign investment in the market

This year, foreign investors made heavy purchases in the stock market. According to the National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) data, the figure has so far crossed Rs 1.54 lakh crore. Earlier, in 2012 there was a foreign investment of 1.3 lakh crore rupees.

The special thing is that the pace of foreign investment in Indian markets only increased since August, which continues till now. Only in the month of November this year, Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI) invested about 60 thousand crores. In this month, in the month of October, 22 thousand crore rupees were invested. At the same time, the figure of FPI investment has crossed 50 thousand crore rupees in the month of December.

Asian markets fall

Today, Hong Kong’s HangSeng Index of Asian markets is trading at 26,486, a decline of 191 points. Japan’s Nikkei index is trading down 47 points at 26,759. In addition, China’s Shanghai Composite Index is also trading down 2 points at 3,402.

Record rise in market on Thursday

The BSE Sensex had closed up 223.88 points at 46,890.34 levels yesterday. The index rose to 46,992.57 for the first time due to the rise in shares of Bajaj, HDFC, TCS and Reliance Industries. Apart from this, the Nifty index also gained 58 points to close at 13,740.70. Burger King stock, which has been looking upper circuit since the day of listing, took the lower circuit yesterday and finally the stock was down 10% at 179.35.

Sluggish markets in Europe

Yesterday saw a flat business in the European market. France’s CAC index was up 1.78 points at 5,549.46. Germany’s DAX index gained 101 points to close at 13,667. On the other hand, the UK FTSE index was down by 19.85 points to close at 6,551.

US market boom

US markets closed up on Thursday. The Dow Jones Index was up 148 points at 30,303, up 0.49%. The S&P 500 index was up 21 points at 3,722. Apart from this, the Nasdaq index also closed 106 up at 12,764.

09:53 AM BSE Banking Index is trading with 8 out of 10 bank stocks falling and two bank stocks rising. IndusInd Bank shares in the index are trading down 3%.

09:51 AM Burger King shares in BSE are trading down 10% at Rs 161.45.

09:33 AM Shares of 17 of the 30 companies included in the Sensex index are trading with a fall and 13 stocks trading up. IT sector stocks are the top gainers in the index. This includes shares of HCL Tech, Infosys, TCS companies. On the other hand there is a huge sell-off in banking stocks.

Source – BSE

09:15 AM The Sensex opened 136.02 points higher at 47,026.02 and the Nifty opened up 24.40 points at 13,764.40.

09:06 AM The Sensex is trading 135.90 points up at 47,026.24 in the pre-market. Apart from this, the Nifty index is also trading at the level of 13,750.

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