Indian share markets finished the trading session in red for a second consecutive day. The sentiments remained negative following losses in global equity markets after hawkish comments from US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, raising prospects of more rate hikes. Market watchers were also cautious ahead of GDP data due to be released after 5.30pm.

At the closing bell, the BSE Sensex closed lower by 162 points and the NSE Nifty finished lower by 61 points. The S&P BSE Mid Cap finished down by 0.2% while S&P BSE Small Cap finished up by 0.2%.

Losses were largely seen in FMCG stocksbank stocks and metal stocks.

Among the most active stocks in the BSE Sensex today are Hindustan Unilever (down 2%), ICICI bank (down 1.9%) and Sun Pharma (down 1.7%). Among the BSE 500 stocks, the most active stocks include Venky’s (up 14%), Lakshmi Vilas Bank (down 6.1%) and Vakrangee (down 5%).

While this should do for the wrap on active stocks, we notice that many of you are tracking low priced shares as well. Low priced shares are not necessarily cheap or attractive. But then, there’s a lot of interest in them.

Go ahead, check out the most actives here:

NSE Rs 10 to 20 most active stocks

BSE Rs 10 to 20 most active stocks

NSE above Rs 20 most active stocks

BSE above Rs 20 most active stocks

Asian stock markets finished broadly lower today with shares in Japan leading the region. The Nikkei 225 is down 1.44% while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is off 1.36% and China’s Shanghai Composite is lower by 0.99%. European markets are lower today with shares in France off the most. The CAC 40 is down 0.24% while London’s FTSE 100 is off 0.23% and Germany’s DAX is lower by 0.16%.

Rupee was trading at Rs 65.10 against the US$ in the afternoon session. Oil prices were trading at US$ 63.01 at the time of writing.

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