The benchmark S&P
BSE Sensex closed at 39,757 levels, down
194 points or 0.48 per cent with Tata Steel and ONGC being the top gainers
while YES Bank and Maruti Suzuki were the top stragglers. The market breadth
remained in favor of decline with 122 shares advancing and 320 shares slipping. The broader NSE Nifty50
settled at 11,906 levels, down 59 points or 0.5 per cent. While realty stocks
took the hardest beating, with the index sliding over 2 per cent, banks,
financial services and auto stocks skid over a per cent each. Metal scrips were
the only sectoral gainer, rising 0.3 per cent.In the broader market, the S&P BSE Midcap settled 118 points lower at
14,922 levels while the BSE Smallcap ended 70 points lower at 14,549
levels.Buzzing stocks Shares of newly-listed
Neogen Chemicals hit a new high of Rs 337, up 10 per cent on the BSE in an
otherwise weak market on Wednesday. The stock, which got listed on the bourses
on May 8, 2019, has rallied 57 per cent against its issue price of Rs 215 per
share. The stock finally settled at Rs 364 per share, up 18.48 per cent.Indiabulls Housing Finance
dropped out of the club of 100 most valued companies in terms of market
capitalisation after a sharp decline in stock price over the past
few sessions. The fall comes on the back of reports alleging that the firm has
misappropriated Rs 98,000 crore of public money.
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