Sensex fell 150.48 points or 0.28% to 53,026.97 and the
Nifty was down by 51.10 points or 0.32 % to 15,799.10 in the previous session.

Sensex touched high and low of 53,244.84 and 52,612.68,
respectively. There were 10 stocks advancing against 20 stock declining on the
index.

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Nifty traded in a range of 15,861.60 and 15,687.80. There
were 16 stocks advancing against 34 stocks declining on the index.

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The broader indices ended in red with the BSE Mid cap index
down 0.70%, while Small cap index was down by 0.18%. On the sectoral front, Power
was up by 1.63%, Utilities was up by 1.54%, Energy was up by 0.87%, Oil &
Gas was up by 0.57%, Auto was up by 0.34%, while Bankex down by 1.20%, IT down
by 1.02%, FMCG down by 1.01%, Finance down by 1.00%, TECK down by 0.83% were
the top losing indices on BSE.

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The top gainers on the Sensex were NTPC up by 2.42%,
Reliance Industries up by 1.98%, Sun Pharma up by 1.52%, Ultratech Cement up by
0.90% and ITC up by 0.81%. On the other hand, Hindustan Unilever down by 3.46%,
Axis Bank down by 2.57%, Bajaj Finserv down by 2.19%, Titan Company down by
1.59% and Wipro down by 1.59% were the top losers.

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The top gainers on Nifty were ONGC up by 2.85%, NTPC up by
1.95%, Reliance Industries up by 1.91%, Sun Pharma up by 1.31% and Coal India
up by 1.07%. On the other hand, HDFC Life Insurance down by 4.67%, Hindustan
Unilever down by 3.62%, Apollo Hospital down by 3.48%, Axis Bank down by 2.82%
and Tata Consumer Product down by 2.50% were the top losers.  

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Axita Cotton Limited, Blue Dart Express Limited, Dangee Dums
Limited, De Nora India Limited and Dhanvarsha Finvest Limited have hit a
52-week high on Wednesday.

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Ajooni Biotech Limited, Akash Infra-Projects Limited, Axis
Mutual Fund -AXIS NIFTY ETF have made fresh 52 week low on Wednesday.

ONGC, RELIANCE, AXISBANK, RIL, NTPC, INFY, TCS, ICICIBANK,
HDFCBANK and POWERGID were the most active equities on NSE.

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Crest Ventures Limited, Roto Pumps Limited, Orient Bell
Limited, Steel City Securities Limited and Mirae Asset Mutual Fund – Mirae
Asset Nifty India Manufacturing ETF were the top volume gainers.

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21STCENMGM, AGROPHOS, ALOKINDS, ARVEE and ASAL hit the
upper price band while AAKASH, ADROITINFO, AKASH, ANKITMETAL and ANTGRAPHIC hit
the lower price band. There were 86 securities that hit the upper band while 52
hit the lower band on June 29, 2022.