Nifty ends below 16,300, Sensex drops 768 pts; auto, metal, realty worst hit

March 04, 2022 / 03:35 PM IST

Market Close: Benchmark indices ended lower with Nifty below 16,300 in the volatile session on March 4.

At close, the Sensex is down 768.87 points or 1.40% at 54,333.81, and the Nifty was down 252.60 points or 1.53% at 16,245.40. About 1204 shares have advanced, 2075 shares declined, and 96 shares are unchanged.

Titan Company, Maruti Suzuki, Asian Paints, Hero MotoCorp and Tata Motors were among the top Nifty losers. On the other hand, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, ITC, Tech Mahindra, Sun Pharma and UltraTech Cement were the biggest gainers.

Among sectors, except IT all other indices ended in the red with auto, metals, power, capital goods, realty down over 2-3 percent. BSE midcap index shed 2.3 percent and smallcap index fell 1.6 percent.