Stock Market Today: Nifty 50, Sensex end lower; elevated dollar, US treasury yields weigh on sentiment

“A tick up in US treasury yields on Monday helped send the dollar to a fresh one-year high against the yen. Benchmark 10-year treasury yields pushed to a one-week high of 4.668 per cent. The dollar climbed to 151.78 yen for the first time since mid-October of last year,” reported Reuters.

Domestic equity benchmarks the Nifty 50 and the Sensex opened lower and traded in the negative territory throughout the session.

Nifty 50 opened at 19,486.75 against the previous close of 19,525.55 and touched the intraday high and low of 19,494.40 and 19,414.75 respectively. Nifty 50 today closed at 19,443.55, down 82 points, or 0.42 per cent.

Sensex opened at 65,158.31 against the previous close of 65,259.45 and touched its intraday high and low of 65,176.96 and 64,853.36 respectively. The Sensex closed the day with a loss of 326 points, or 0.50 per cent, at 64,933.87.

Mid and smallcaps outperformed the benchmarks. The BSE Midcap index rose 0.10 per cent while the Smallcap index ended with a nominal loss of 0.01 per cent.

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Updated: 13 Nov 2023, 03:49 PM IST