The stock market closed with a decline on Tuesday. At 3.30 pm, the Sensex closed at 78,454 points with a gain of 67.30 points. While Nifty closed at 23,729 points with a fall of 23.85 points. Power Grid Corp, JSW Steel, SBI Life Insurance, IndusInd Bank and Grasim Industries were seen as top losers on the Nifty during trading, while Tata Motors, Adani Enterprises, Eicher Motors, BPCL and ITC were among the gainers.
Decline was seen in these sectors
Talking about sectoral indices, buying was seen in Auto, FMCG, Oil & Gas, Pharma, Realty, while selling was seen in IT, Media, Metal, PSU Bank. The BSE Midcap index closed flat, while the Smallcap index was up 0.3 per cent.
