August 17, 2026 01:00 pm (IST)
Indian benchmark indices end in the red on year's first business day
Mumbai, Jan 2 (IBNS): The Indian market failed to emulate the festive cheer on its first business day of the New Year, with the benchmark indices ending in the red, the only saving grace being NSE Nifty able to cross the psychological mark of 8150.
On Monday, BSE Sensex was down 31.01 points at 26595.45 and NSE Nifty was down 6.30 points at 8179.50.
Some of the key gainers were Tata Steel, M&M, Tata Motors, Maruti Suzuki, Adani Ports, Ambuja Cements, UltraTech Cement and Eicher Motors while HDFC, SBI, Bajaj Auto, ICICI Bank, Infosys and Bank of Baroda declined.
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