After witnessing mild recovery in the previous session, the bears came back heavily on March 19 and dragged the BSE Sensex into the negative territory for 2024.

The benchmark indices opened on a negative note and extended the losses as the day progressed with #Nifty and #Sensex breaking 21,800 and 72,000, intraday, amid selling across the sectors.

At close, the #Sensex was down 736.37 points, or 1.01 percent, at 72,012.05, and the #Nifty was down 238.20 points, or 1.08 percent, at 21,817.50.

Biggest losers on the Nifty included #TCS #BPCL #TataConsumerProducts #TataConsumer and #NESTLEIND while gainers were #Bajajfinance #BajajAuto #kotakbank #Hindalco and #bhartiairtel .

All the sectoral indices ended in the red with #healthcare #IT #FMCG #CapitalGoods #oilandgas #Power segments down 1-2%.

BSE #Midcap and #smallcap indices shed 1% each.

Among individual stocks, a volume spike of more than 300% was seen in #Industowers #exide Industries and #ZeeEntertainment.

A short build-up was seen in #ColPal #GujaratGas and #TCS while a long build-up was seen in #BajajAuto #JubilantFoodWorks and #tvsmotor .

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