{"id":13023,"date":"2021-08-18T10:59:33","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T10:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2021\/08\/18\/sensex-nifty-end-lower-on-mixed-global-cues\/"},"modified":"2021-08-18T10:59:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T10:59:33","slug":"sensex-nifty-end-lower-on-mixed-global-cues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2021\/08\/18\/sensex-nifty-end-lower-on-mixed-global-cues\/","title":{"rendered":"Sensex, Nifty End Lower On Mixed Global Cues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> Indian shares ended lower on Wednesday, tracking mixed global cues as concerns about COVID-19 continued to weigh and investors awaited the latest Federal Reserve minutes to gauge the direction of monetary policy.<\/p>\n<p>Benchmark indexes snapped their four-day record-breaking streak as traders booked profits amid weekly expiry of index futures and option contracts. Indian stock exchanges will remain close on Thursday, August 19 on account of Muharram.<\/p>\n<p>The benchmark 30-share BSE Sensex hit a new record high of 56,118 before reversing direction to end the session down 162.78 points, or 0.29 percent, at 55,629.49.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, the broader NSE Nifty index surged to a record high of 16,701 before settling down 45.75 points, or 0.28 percent, at 16,568.85.<\/p>\n<p>The downside remained capped after rating agency CRISIL upgraded the credit quality outlook of India Inc for FY22 from &#8220;cautiously optimistic&#8221; to &#8220;positive&#8221; and said the increase in coverage of vaccinations should mitigate the impact of a third wave if it comes.<\/p>\n<p>Tata Motors, SBI Life, ICICI Bank, Hindalco and Kotak Mahindra Bank all fell around 2 percent in the Nifty pack while Bajaj Finance, UltraTech Cement and Eicher Motors rose more than 2 percent each. <\/p>\n<p>Hindustan Aeronautics jumped 5.2 percent after it signed a contract worth ? 5,375 crore with GE Aviation, USA. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Market Analysis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        window.fbAsyncInit = function () {\n            FB.init({\n                status: true,\n                cookie: true,\n                xfbml: true\n            });\n        };\n        (function (d) {\n            var js, id = 'facebook-jssdk'; if (d.getElementById(id)) { return; }\n            js = d.createElement('script'); js.id = id; js.async = true;\n            js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js\";\n            d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(js);\n        }(document));\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>Sensex, Nifty End Lower On Mixed Global Cues<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2021-08-18 10:59:33<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian shares ended lower on Wednesday, tracking mixed global cues as concerns about COVID-19 continued to weigh and investors awaited the latest Federal Reserve minutes to gauge the direction of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1535139262971-c51845709a48?ixid=MXwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHw=&ixlib=rb-1.2.1&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1950&q=80","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-asian-markets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/13024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}