Share Market Today LIVE | Sensex, Nifty, BSE, NSE, Share Prices, Stock Market News Updates December 17

Share Market News Today | Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: Domestic equity market benchmarks BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading flat with a positive bias on Thursday. BSE Sensex was hovering around 46,680, while the broader Nifty 50 index was ruling near 13,700. Top BSE Sensex gainers were Sun Pharma, UltraTech Cement, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), IndusInd Bank, Power Grid Corporation of India, HDFC and ICICI Bank, among others. Out of 30 Sensex stocks, 18 scrips were ruling in the red with ITC as the top laggard, followed by Bajaj-Auto, Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL), Asian Paints, SBI, HCL Tech and Maruti Suzuki. The trend was mixed among the Nifty sectoral indices, with Nifty Pharma index, up 1 per cent, leading the list of gainers in today’s trade. Burger King India shares were locked in the 10 per cent upper circuit of Rs 219.15 apiece on BSE. The stock has risen 265.25 per cent from the issue price of Rs 60 apiece.

The Federal Open Market Committee left its benchmark rate unchanged in the range of zero to 0.25 per cent. The Federal Reserve said it will continue to support the economy through massive monetary stimulus until it sees “substantial further progress” in employment and inflation. Fed expects to maintain the accommodative policy until inflation runs moderately above 2 per cent for some time.

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