CLOSING BELL: Stock Market Ended With Losses Today

The Indian stock market ended with losses today, January 26, 2024. By closing time, the Sensex lost 360 points and stood at 70,700.67 points, and the Nifty 50 lost 101 points and stood at 21,352.60 points. However, the Indian rupee stood at 83.10 against the dollar today.

The Nifty 50 opened at 21,454.60 against the previous close of 21,453.95 and dipped as much as 207 points to hit the intraday low of 21,247.05. Also, the Sensex opened at 71,022.10 against the previous close of 71,060.31 and fell 741 points to hit the intraday low of 70,319.04.

However, the mid- and small-caps outperformed the benchmarks. While the BSE Midcap index ended with a loss of 0.36%, the Smallcap index bucked the trend and ended with a gain of 0.54%.

At least 16 stocks are making gains in the Nifty 50 index today. Shares of Bajaj Auto, Adani Ports, and NTPC ended as the top gainers in the Nifty 50 index. Shares of Tech Mahindra, Cipla, and Bharti Airtel ended as the top losers in the Nifty 50 index.