CLOSING BELL
Stock market highlights: Equities and commodities fell on Thursday as global growth concerns weighed on investor sentiment. Besides, a weaker-than-expected domestic Q1FY23 GDP (gross domestic product) data, along with marginal downtick in Manufacturing PMI for August, worried market participants.
The S&P BSE Sensex fell 1,014 points intra-day before closing at 58,766.5, down 770.5 points or 1.29 per cent. The Nifty50, too, hit a low of 17,468 before ending 216.5 points, or 1.22 per cent, lower at 17,543.
Reliance Industries tanked 3 per cent today, contributing nearly 30 per cent of the losses on the Sensex. Other losers included TCS, Sun Pharma, Tech M, HUL, Infosys, NTPC, HDFC, Bajaj Finance, Tata Steel, Power Grid, and ICICI Bank. All these shares shedded over 1.5 per cent…
