New Delhi, 12 March (H.S.): Despite intense global headwinds, domestic stock markets showed signs of recovery from initial lows during early trading today.Both benchmarks opened weakly, with the BSE Sensex starting at 76,369.65, down 494.06 points, before plunging nearly 1,000 points to 75,871.18 amid selling pressure. Buyers then stepped in, lifting it to 76,339.23—a 524.48-point or 0.68% decline—by 10 a.m.

Similarly, the NSE Nifty opened at 23,674.85, down 192 points, briefly rallied to 23,690.85, then fell to 23,556.30 before recovering to 23,692.10, off 174.75 points or 0.73%.Among Sensex heavyweights, Tech Mahindra, Coal India, ONGC, NTPC, and Reliance Industries posted modest gains of 0.01% to 0.25%, while Eternal, Interglobe Aviation, TMPV, Mahindra & Mahindra, and Bajaj Auto declined 2.06% to 4.08%. Of 2,616 active stocks, 441 traded in green versus 2,175 in red; Sensex's 30 shares saw 5 gainers and 25 losers, with Nifty's 50 featuring 4 green and 46 red.

This followed Wednesday's close, where Sensex fell 1,342.27 points (1.72%) to 76,863.71 and Nifty dropped 394.75 points (1.63%) to 23,866.85.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar