Sensex today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: The stock markets in India opened with steep losses note on Friday, in-line with the selling being witnessed in the Asia and US markets (overnight).
The BSE Sensex index started the trade around 82,805 levels, falling 506 points or 0.61 per cent, while the Nifty50 was at 25,363, down by 147 points or 0.58 per cent.
Bharti Airtek (down over 3 per cent on block deal trade), HCL Tech, Wipro, JSW Steel, Tata Steel, TCS, Tata Consumer Products, and Adani Enterprises were the top losers on the Nifty today.
In the broader markets, the Nifty MidCap index slipped 0.46 per cent, while the Nifty SmallCap index shed 0.82 per cent. Among sectors, the Nifty IT index declined 1.6 per cent, followed by the Nifty Realty index (1 per cent), and the Nifty Auto, and PSU Bank indices (0.9 per cent each). There were no sectoral indices in the positive zone.
IPOs today
In the mainboard IPO segment, the Pine Labs IPO opens for subscription today, while shares of Studds Accessories are set to make their D-Street debut. Meanwhile, the Groww IPO enters the final day of its subscription.
