Overview
- On Dec. 24, the Sensex fell 116.14 points to 85,408.70 and the Nifty slipped 35.05 points to 26,142.10 in a low-volume, holiday-week session.
- Market breadth was negative, with BSE Midcap down 0.37% and Smallcap down 0.14%, and overall market capitalisation dropping below Rs 475 lakh crore.
- Most sectors declined, led by Oil & Gas, IT and Pharma, while Media, Realty and Metal logged modest gains.
- BSE and NSE are shut today for Christmas, with MCX and NCDEX also closed, and trading set to resume Friday.
- The RBI announced Rs 2 lakh crore of government bond purchases and a USD 10 billion buy/sell swap to ease banking system liquidity between Dec. 29 and Jan. 22.