Wednesday was another day of fall for benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty as US 10-year bond yields spiked and dollar hit four-month high against a basket of major currencies, ahead of US CPI inflation data later in the day.

Stock Market Highlights: 44 out of the Nifty50 constituent stocks ended in the red, dragged down by Hero MotoCorp, Hindalco, Tata Steel, Mahindra & Mahindra, and Eicher Motors

The Nifty 50 continued its downward trend for the fourth consecutive trading session, closing 1.07% lower at 23,883 points. Similarly, the Sensex ended the day in the red, shedding 1.03% to finish at 78,

The stock market is expected to trade in a narrow range today, following a positive opening signaled by GIFT Nifty. As of 8:00 am, GIFT Nifty was trading at 24,125, up by 0.03%.

Indian benchmark indices opened lower on Friday, with Sensex down over 199 points and Nifty50 down 66 points. This follows a downward trend influenced

After opening in green, the S P BSE Sensex reversed course, dragged down by banking, financial services, and auto stocks. The Nifty50, too, faced a broad-based decline, with nearly all sectoral indices closing in the red except for Nifty Realty.

Sun Pharma, Trent, HCL Tech, Infosys, and ONGC were among the top gainers on the Nifty index. Britannia Industries, HDFC Bank, NTPC, and Tata Motors were among the top losers.

Among sectors, all the sectoral indices ended in the red with auto, bank, capital goods, FMCG, metal, oil & gas, power, telecom, media, pharma down 0.5-2 percent.