New Delhi, February 21 (HS): The stock market continued to fall for the fourth consecutive day on Friday, the last trading day of the week, amid the continued withdrawal of foreign capital. The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Sensex is trending at 75,316.33, down 419.63 points or 0.55 percent. At the same time, the National Stock Exchange NSE's Nifty is trading at 22,786.10, down 127.05 points or 0.55 percent.

Out of 30 shares of Sensex, 23 shares are down, while 7 shares are up. At the same time, out of 50 shares of Nifty, 42 shares are down, while 8 shares are up. Among the major Sensex companies, the shares of Mahindra & Mahindra, Kotak Mahindra Bank, UltraTech Cement, Tata Motors, ICICI Bank, Infosys, Maruti and Sun Pharma have declined the most. At the same time, the shares of Zomato, Tata Steel, NTPC and Larsen & Toubro were the biggest gainers.

According to analysts, capital outflow continues due to growing concerns over possible US tariffs on Indian goods. Apart from this, Japan's Nikkei and South Korea's KOSPI are in loss in Asian markets, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng and China's Shanghai Composite were in profit.

A day before this, on Thursday, the Sensex closed with a decline of 203 points at 75,735. At the same time, Nifty also slipped 19 points to close at 22,913.

Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar