Indian equity markets end the day in Green

20 Oct 2022 , 03:41 PM

Indian equity markets ended the day in green. The markets were in red for most of the day. They rose in the last one hour, to end the day in green. Nifty 50 ended the day, up by 51.70 points. Sensex ended the day, up by 95.71 points. Top Gainers today were UPL, Adani Enterprises, BPCL. Top Losers today were IndusInd Bank, Asian Paints, Apollo Hospitals. 

Midcap and small cap stocks saw selling pressure today.  Nifty Midcap 100, Nifty Midcap 50, Nifty Midcap 150, Nifty MidSmall 400, Nifty Microcap 250, all of them ended in red today. Banking stocks, financial services stocks, and consumer durables stocks saw more selling today.  IT and FMCG stocks continued to see buying demand.  Nifty FMCG index ended the day, up by 0.89%. Nifty IT index ended the day, up by 1.33%. Nifty Bank index ended the day, down by 0.68%. 

At NSE, 43 stocks touched their 52 week high today. 45 stocks touched their 52 week low.