{"id":39582,"date":"2023-10-16T04:37:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T04:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2023\/10\/16\/sensex-nifty-open-tad-lower-as-tensions-escalate-at-israel-gaza-border\/"},"modified":"2023-10-16T04:37:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T04:37:05","slug":"sensex-nifty-open-tad-lower-as-tensions-escalate-at-israel-gaza-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2023\/10\/16\/sensex-nifty-open-tad-lower-as-tensions-escalate-at-israel-gaza-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Sensex, Nifty Open Tad Lower As Tensions Escalate At Israel-Gaza Border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> Indian shares opened a tad lower on Monday amid fears of a wider conflict in the Middle East as Israel readied for ground war in Gaza. <\/p>\n<p>The benchmark S&amp;P BSE Sensex dropped 110 points, or 0.2 percent, to 66,173 in early trade while the broader NSE Nifty index was down 22 points, or 0.1 percent, at 19,729.<\/p>\n<p>TCS fell about 1 percent after sacking 16 employees and blacklisting six staffing firms following an investigation into the bribes-for-jobs scandal.<\/p>\n<p>IndusInd Bank, Asian Paints, Nestle India and Divis Laboratories all fell around 1 percent while ONGC, HCL Technologies, LTIMindTree, Hero MotoCorp and Coal India rose 1-2 percent. <\/p>\n<p>Delta Corp plunged 8.3 percent after receiving another notice from the GST department to pay up an additional Rs 6,385 crore.<\/p>\n<p>Avenue Supermarts fell 2.6 percent after quarterly profit missed consensus estimates.<br \/>Indian Oil Corporation was down half a percent after it announced plans to Rs. 1,660.15 crores as equity in IndianOil NTPC Green Energy Pvt Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>Adani Enterprises was down slightly after the government initiated a probe into the accounts of the group&#8217;s two airports in Mumbai.<\/p>\n<p>Tata Motors gained 1 percent on news it would sell 9.9 percent stake in IPO-bound Tata Technologies for Rs 1,613.7 crore to private equity fund TPG Rise Climate SF and an endowment trust belonging to Tata Trusts Chairman Ratan Tata.<\/p>\n<p>Bajaj Electricals jumped over 4 percent on bagging a contract worth Rs. 564.2 crore from Power Grid Corporation of India.<\/p>\n<p>Dalmia Bharat rallied 2.8 percent after Q2 profit more than doubled. <\/p>\n<p>NBCC (India) climbed 2.6 percent on securing a work order worth Rs 80 crore from the Visakhapatnam Port Authority. <\/p>\n<p>Tata Steel Long Products gained 0.6 percent after narrowing its net loss for the September quarter. <\/p>\n<\/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 Open Tad Lower As Tensions Escalate At Israel-Gaza Border<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2023-10-16 04:37:05<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian shares opened a tad lower on Monday amid fears of a wider conflict in the Middle East as Israel readied for ground war in Gaza. 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