New Delhi, 20 February (HS): On Thursday, the fourth trading day of the week, the stock market once again opened on red mark. In early trade, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Sensex fell 292.56 points or 0.39 percent and is trending at 75,646.62 points. At the same time, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) Nifty is also trading at 22,879.75, slipping 53.15 points or 0.23 percent.

Out of 30 shares of Sensex, 21 shares are seeing a decline, while 9 shares are seeing an increase. Similarly, out of 50 shares of Nifty, 29 shares are seeing a decline, while 21 shares are seeing an increase. Among the Sensex companies, Adani Ports' stock is trading with the highest gain of 0.39 per cent and ITC's stock is trading with the highest loss of 1.54 per cent.

Apart from this, BSE Midcap and Smallcap index is up by 0.5 per cent. Bank stocks declined by 0.5 per cent, while metal, media, PSU banks, oil and gas are up by 0.5 per cent. Shares of Hindalco Industries, Shriram Finance, NTPC, Cipla, Infosys are in profit on Nifty, while Maruti Suzuki, HDFC Bank, HUL, Kotak Mahindra Bank, ITC are down.

A day earlier on Wednesday, the Sensex closed with a decline of 28 points at 75,939. At the same time, Nifty also closed at 22,932, down by 12 points.

Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar