Floor at Indonesia's stock exchange collapses, 75 injured
World | January 15, 2018 16:55 ISTA cascade of glass, metal and other material crashed onto the ground floor when part of the mezzanine level gave way.
A cascade of glass, metal and other material crashed onto the ground floor when part of the mezzanine level gave way.
The wide-based Nifty of NSE also settled at record high of 10,637, 13.40 points, or 0.13 per cent, even as 19 of its constituents advanced and 31 dropped.
Sebi Chairman Ajay Tyagi said the convergence will be effective from October 2018 and will help in cross-listing and provide investors with access to various asset classes.
The services rules bar government servants from making or permitting any member of his family or any person acting on his behalf to make any investment, which may embarrass or influence him in discharging his official duties.
On the National Stock Exchange, the wider Nifty50 closed higher by 38.50 points or 0.37 per cent at a fresh level of 10,531.50 points. The Nifty touched a new high of 10,545.45 points on an intra-day basis.
According to experts: "The verdict of the Himachal (Pradesh) and Gujarat state elections will be the key trigger for the market next week."
On Thursday, short covering, along with positive hopes of the ruling BJP's win in the crucial two-phased Gujarat assembly elections, erased the day's entire losses and lifted the indices to close in the green.
The 50-share NSE Nifty slipped below the 10,200-mark by falling 47.20 points, or 0.46 per cent, at 10,192.95 after hovering between 10,169.85 and 10,296.55.
The Sensex closed at 33,227.99, down 227.80 points, or 0.68 per cent. The gauge had rallied 858.61 points in the previous three sessions.
The Sensex opened strong at 33,317.72 and touched a high of 33,535.97, but settled at 33,455.79 due to profit-booking, still showing a gain of 205.49 points, or 0.62 per cent. This is its highest closing since November 29, when it had closed at 33,60
The 50-issue NSE Nifty too cracked the 10,200-mark and hit a low of 10,108.55 before finishing 104.75 points, or 1.02 per cent down at 10,121.80.
The gauge had gained 717.91 points in the previous four sessions as investor risk appetite soared after US-based Moody's last week upgraded India's sovereign credit rating by a notch to 'Baa2'.
The Sensex opened hit the day's high of 33,165.15 before settling up 346.38 points, or 1.06 per cent, at 33,106.82. This is the highest closing of November 10 when it had closed at 33,314.56.
The opening for the 30-share Sensex was positive, but positivity ended there as the index started rolling down afterwards. It settled at an over three-week low of 32,760.44, down 181.43 points, or 0.55 pc.
The BSE Sensex after a better start at 32,990.03, quickly regained the key 33,000-mark to hit a high of 33,126.55 on value-buying at select counters and recovery in the rupee at the outset.
For the week, the Sensex recorded a fall of 371 points, or 1.10 per cent, and the NSE Nifty 130.75 points, or 1.25 per cent.
Airtel, Tata Steel, Reliance Industries, Hindustan Unilever, SBI, NTPC, Dr Reddy's, Adani Ports, Bajaj Auto, Wipro, Infosys and TCS posted moderate gains.
The 30-share BSE index firmed up to an all-time intra-day high of 33,733.71 on a flurry of buying, breaching its previous record of 33,657.57 hit yesterday. Finally, it closed at a fresh record of 33,685.56.
The shares of Sun Pharma, Lupin and Cipla rose whereas those of Hero MotoCorp and Hindustan Unilever fell.
The Sensex settled at a new closing peak of 33,600.27, up 387.14 points, or 1.17 per cent. The index surpassed its previous closing record of 33,266.16, touched on October 30.
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