FINAL TRADE: Nifty slips below 19,800, Sensex down 48 pts dragged by IT stocks as D-Street heads into long weekend

Inventory market as we speak: Home fairness benchmarks completed yet one more risky session largely unchanged on Friday, November 24, as weak point in IT and FMCG shares offset power in monetary names. The Nifty50 closed 7.3 factors, or 0.04 per cent, decrease at 19,794.7, whereas the Sensex misplaced 47.77 factors, or 0.07 per cent, for the day to finish at 65,970.04. The heavy-weight financial institution index—Nifty Financial institution—managed to finish in inexperienced, 0.44 per cent greater at 43,769.1, led by shopping for curiosity in Axis Financial institution, HDFC Financial institution, and ICICI Financial institution.

Nifty Smallcap 100 ended flat, up 0.6 per cent whereas Nifty Midcap 100 closed 0.3 per cent greater in broad market indices.

Nifty Pharma, which misplaced 1.57 per cent within the earlier session dragged by Cipla after the US drug regulator’s warning letter was made public, witnessed an honest restoration to finish at 15,954.5, up 137.05 factors or 0.87 per cent. Granules, Gland Pharma Lupin, Cipla, Divi’s Laboratories, and Dr Reddy’s Laboratories have been the highest Nifty 50 gainers.

“The Nifty has encountered problem surpassing the resistance vary of 19,850–19,900. On the draw back, 19700 has held as a near-term help degree. So long as there is not any breakout, the index is anticipated to proceed shifting sideways,” Rupak De, senior technical analyst at LKP Securities, stated.

“A decline beneath 19,700 might probably set off a market correction. Conversely, a transparent transfer above 19,900 may immediate a big rally, probably driving the index in the direction of a brand new all-time excessive,” the analyst added.

International market

European shares started the day within the pink, mirroring weak point amid skinny vacation commerce throughout Asia, with the benchmark STOXX 600 buying and selling 0.1 per cent decrease on the final rely. Weak spot in mining and expertise shares weighed on the markets. The pan-European gauge, nevertheless, was on observe for a weekly achieve, with traders specializing in company earnings and the prospects of price cuts.

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