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Share Market News Today | Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: Domestic equity market benchmarks BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 were staring at a negative start on Wednesday, on the back of weak global cues. Nifty futures were trading 50 points or 0.3 per cent down at 17,213 on the Singaporean Exchange in the early trade. In the previous session, Sensex ended 477.24 points or 0.83 per cent higher at 57,897.48, while Nifty 50 index surged 147 points or 0.86 to settle at 17233.25. Asian peers were seen trading mixed in early trade as investors assessed the impact of the Omicron Covid variant. Japan’s Nikkei 225 slipped 0.82 per cent and the Topix index also declined 0.44 per cent. South Korea’s Kospi fell 0.75 per cent. In overnight trade on Wall Street, S&P 500 closed slightly lower. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 95.83 points, or 0.26%, the S&P 500 lost 4.84 points, or 0.10%, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 89.54 points, or 0.56%.
The country’s real gross domestic product (GDP) is likely to maintain a 9 pc growth rate in fiscal 2022 and 2023, amid concerns over the Omicron variant of COVID-19, says a report. The Indian economy grew at 8.4 per cent in the second quarter of the current fiscal, as against a growth of 20.1 per cent in the April-June quarter.
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