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Share Market Update 15 May: There has been huge upheaval in the Indian stock market this week. This trend continues even on the last day of the trading week. The stock market started flat on Friday. In the morning, Sensex was at 75,490 with a rise of 86 points or 0.12 per cent and Nifty was at 23,720 with a rise of 30 points or 0.12 per cent.

Nifty IT and Nifty Auto were the top gainers among the indices. Apart from this, Nifty Services, Nifty FMCG, Nifty Healthcare and Nifty Pharma were in the green. Nifty India Defence, Nifty Metal, Nifty Commodities, Nifty Realty, Nifty Oil&Gas and Nifty PSU Bank were in the red.

Decline in mid and small caps continues

The decline in midcap and smallcap continues compared to largecap. The Nifty Midcap 100 index was at 60,647 with a weakness of 195 points or 0.32 per cent and the Nifty Smallcap 100 index was at 17,867 with a weakness of 123 points or 0.69 per cent.

Most of the Sensex stocks rose

Infosys, Tech Mahindra, TCS, HCL Tech, HDFC Bank, Power Grid, Titan, Maruti Suzuki, Bharti Airtel, Bajaj Finance, HUL, Bajaj Finance, Sun Pharma, Indigo and Adani Ports were the gainers in the Sensex pack. SBI, BEL, Eternal, Axis Bank, UltraTech Cement, Trent, Asian Paints, M&M, Tata Steel and NTPC were the losers.

Mixed signals in international markets

Mixed business is being seen in global markets. In Asia, the stock markets of Tokyo, Hong Kong and Bangkok were in the red. While Shanghai was in the green. American stock markets closed with huge gains on Thursday. During this period, the main index Dow Jones closed with a gain of 0.75 percent and Nasdaq closed with a gain of 0.88 percent.

FIIs return to Indian stock market

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) have again made a comeback in the Indian stock market and invested Rs 187.46 crore in equities on Thursday. In several earlier sessions, FIIs were net sellers. During this period, domestic institutional investors (DIIs) invested Rs 684.33 crore in equity.

Increase in prices of petrol and diesel

Apart from this, the prices of petrol and diesel have been increased by the government, due to which the price of petrol in Delhi has increased by Rs 3.14 to Rs 97.77 per liter and the price of diesel has increased by Rs 3.11 to Rs 90.67 per liter.