Stock markets plunge
Today, Friday, August 22, the last trading day of the week, the Sensex is down around 500 points at 81,504.57. At 24,927.30, the Nifty is also down more than 150 points.
Six of the 30 Sensex equities are up, while 24 are down. BEL, M&M, and Tata Motors saw a minor boost. Adani Ports, HCL Tech, and ICICI Bank were unavailable.
18 of the 50 Nifty stocks are up, while 32 are down
The IT, metal, and private banking indices of the NSE are all declining. Media, pharmaceuticals, and real estate are all slightly up.
DIIs purchased shares valued at more than ₹2,500 crore on August 21.
Domestic investors (DIIs) purchased shares worth ₹2,546.27 crore on Thursday, while foreign investors (FIIs) made a net buy of ₹1,246.51 crore.
In August, the foreign investors sold shares valued at ₹21,478 crore.
Additionally, foreign investors sold ₹17,741 crore worth of Indian stocks in July.
There was a mixed trend in other Asian markets.
Korea’s Kospi is up 0.78% at 3,166, while Japan’s Nikkei is up 0.012% at 42,615 in Asian markets.
China’s Shanghai Composite is up 0.67% at 3,796 while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index is up 0.39% at 25,201.
The US Dow Jones finished at 44,786 on August 21, down 0.34%. In the meantime, the S&P 500 closed down 0.40% at 6,370 and the Nasdaq Composite closed down 0.34% at 21,100.
