Stock Markets maintained gains on 18th May 2024, during a special session. On Saturday, they have conducted a special session in equity and equity derivative sections in BSE and NSE indices. This has been important to correct any errors in the servers during the upcoming sessions.
Public Banking, Pharma, Realty shares have recorded most gains in this session. Nestle India, Power grid Corporation and Tata Motors shares have recorded maximum gains. JSW Steel stock lost the most in this session. This Stock Markets session has been conducted from 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM and 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM.
Major indices did not see much enthusiasm from investors. Stock Markets saw big stocks losing so much of value from the start to end. Few big stocks have recovered from these losses but most of them did not. Hence, BSE gained 88.91 points to close at 74,005.94 and Nifty gained 35.9 points to close at 22,502.00 mark.
Indian Rupee traded at Rs.83.29 against US Dollar on 18th May 2024. Stock Markets will remain closed on 20th May, on Monday as Mumbai will be voting for Parliament constituencies. So, during this special session many investors looked to secure their investments in big stocks.