Sensex falls 893 pts, Nifty below 23,850 amid global sell-off

The Indian share market indices ended on a weak note on Tuesday dragged by losses in metal, IT and PSU bank stocks amid global sell off At close, the Sensex was down 893.39 points or 1.16 percent at 76,200.68, and the Nifty was down 278.80 points or 1.16 percent at 23,824.10.
Cipla, Dr Reddy's Labs, Power Grid Corp, Axis Bank, Sun Pharma were the top gainers on the Nifty, while losers included Infosys, TCS, Wipro, Adani Enterprises, JSW Steel.On the sectoral front,except pharma and healthcare, all other sectoral indices ended in the red with Information Technology, Metal, Telecom, PSU Bank, Realty down 1-3 percent.The Nifty midcap index was down 1 percent and smallcap index shed 0.5 percent.

#Indian markets witnessed a sharp sell-off as Sensex and Nifty50 slipped, dragged by metal, IT and PSU bank stocks amid weak global cues and cautious investor sentiment. pic.twitter.com/AZmkotOIiq

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Rupee Close: 
On 23 Jun'26,the Indian rupee declined 11 paise to close at 94.74 against the US dollar on Tuesday weighed down by a firm greenback and weak domestic markets. However, a decline in global crude oil prices cushioned against a sharper decline in the local unit, forex traders said.
Trading Guide:
The market experts recommended five shares to buy on Tuesday: Privi Speciality Chemicals, Mahindra Logistics, Aditya Birla Capital, Ajanta Pharma, and AIA Engineering.

(Business Correspondent)