{"id":630,"date":"2021-08-19T09:56:49","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T09:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/151.106.38.4\/?p=630"},"modified":"2021-08-19T09:57:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T09:57:33","slug":"sensex-slips-from-record-highs-on-profit-booking-bank-stocks-tumble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2021\/08\/19\/sensex-slips-from-record-highs-on-profit-booking-bank-stocks-tumble\/","title":{"rendered":"Sensex slips from record highs on profit-booking; bank stocks tumble"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The BSE Sensex scaled the 56,000-mark for the first time on Wednesday but finished in the red following a late sell-off as investors pocketed gains in banking, finance and IT stocks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Snapping its four-session record-setting spree, the the 30-share benchmark closed 162.78 points or 0.29 per cent lower at 55,629.49. It touched its all-time peak of 56,118.57 during the session.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, breaking its seven-day winning streak, the broader NSE Nifty declined 45.75 points or 0.28 per cent to 16,568.85. It touched a record intra-day peak of 16,701.85.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kotak Bank was the top loser in the Sensex pack, shedding 2.09 per cent, followed by ICICI Bank, PowerGrid, IndusInd Bank, HDFC, Axis Bank and Maruti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, UltraTech Cement, Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, Nestle India and Bajaj Auto were among the gainers, advancing up to 2.46 per cent.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The market breadth was negative, with 20 out of the 30 Sensex stocks closing lower.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Domestic benchmark indices, after witnessing record highs, gave up all gains as selling pressure in heavyweight financials especially private banks dragged the market, said Binod Modi, Head &#8211; Strategy at Reliance Securities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BSE Sensex scaled the 56,000-mark for the first time on Wednesday but finished in the red following a late sell-off as investors pocketed gains in banking, finance and IT stocks.&nbsp; Snapping its four-session record-setting spree, the the 30-share benchmark closed 162.78 points or 0.29 per cent lower at 55,629.49. It touched its all-time peak [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}