Stock Market Today 20 May: Amid rising global tensions, the Indian stock market is witnessing turmoil. Today, the market opened in the red, and at 9:24 AM, the Sensex was down 541 points or 0.72 percent at 74,726, while the Nifty was down 155 points or 0.66 percent at 23,462. The impact of global tensions and Trump’s threat is visible in the stock market, causing investors to lose wealth worth thousands of crores.
Stock Market Today 20 May: Nifty Index Today
In early trade, realty and banking stocks were under pressure. In the index, Nifty Realty and Nifty PSU Bank were among the top losers. Nifty Auto, Nifty PSE, Nifty FMCG, Nifty India Defence, Nifty Private Bank, and Nifty Commodities were also in the red zone. On the other hand, Nifty Pharma, Nifty Healthcare, and Nifty IT were trading in the green.
Top Gainers Shares: Broad Market Decline Today
Along with large-cap stocks, midcap and small-cap segments also saw declines. The Nifty Midcap 100 index fell 285 points or 0.47 percent to 60,736, while the Nifty Smallcap 100 index dropped 126 points or 0.70 percent to 17,738, clearly indicating a widespread market decline.
In the Sensex pack, Sun Pharma, TCS, Infosys, and Tech Mahindra were among the gainers. Tata Steel, BEL, M&M, Maruti Suzuki, Eternal, UltraTech Cement, HUL, SBI, NTPC, Bajaj Finance, Indigo, Asian Paints, ITC, and Kotak Mahindra Bank were among the losers.
Asian Market Today
Other Asian markets also came under pressure. Japan’s Nikkei index fell 1.59 percent to 59,590, Singapore’s Straits Times index declined 0.82 percent to 5,031, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell 0.65 percent to 25,637, while South Korea’s Kospi index dropped 2.42 percent to 7,095.
