LIVE updates on the stock market for today, Thursday, June 20, 2024: Indian equity markets experienced a positive start on Thursday, but they later erased gains to oscillate around the flat line. The Nifty is testing 23,500, down 17 points, and the BSE Sensex is circling around 77,300 levels, down 50 points.
Top gainers on the benchmarks were Kotak Mahindra Bank, SBI Life, L&T, Bharti Airtel, IndusInd Bank, HDFC Bank, Hindalco, Tata Motors, and M&M, rising as high as 1.7%. Top laggards were Sun Pharma, Bajaj Finance, HDFC Life, Divis Labs, Nestle India, and ONGC.
Within the wider markets, the BSE MidCap index experienced a 0.47 percent increase, while the BSE SmallCap managed to gain 0.71 percent.
The Nifty Bank, Private Bank, and Realty indices combined to add 1.3% to the sector. Conversely, the Nifty Pharma experienced a 0.5% decline.