- India,
- 22-Apr-2025 09:57 AM IST
Share Market Today: Indian stock market started trading on a positive note on Tuesday morning. Maintaining the strong gains of the previous day, today the Sensex opened with a gain of 319.89 points at 79,728.39, while the Nifty also jumped 59.85 points to start trading at 24,185.40. On Monday, the market made a strong comeback after a mild start, with the Sensex gaining 855.30 points and the Nifty gaining 273.90 points.Mixed atmosphere in the marketShares of 16 out of 30 Sensex companies opened in the green today, while shares of 14 companies declined. On the other hand, if we talk about Nifty 50, shares of 30 companies saw an increase, and shares of 20 companies opened in the red. This indicates that the attitude of investors is currently cautious but positive.Tata Steel shines, IndusInd Bank slipsAmong the Sensex companies, Tata Steel opened with the highest gain of 2.33% and gave good hope to the investors. In contrast, IndusInd Bank shares saw a big decline of 3.99%, which led to mild concern in the banking sector.Strength in banking and FMCG stocksShares of many major companies including HDFC Bank (0.88%), Eternal (0.79%), ITC (0.51%), Hindustan Unilever (0.47%), Kotak Mahindra Bank (0.39%) opened in the green. Apart from this, giants like Axis Bank, NTPC, Sun Pharma, Bajaj Finance, Reliance Industries and SBI also started with a slight gain.IT sector under pressureIT companies were under pressure on Tuesday. Infosys fell by 1.55%, TCS by 0.53% and Tech Mahindra by 0.30%. Apart from this, companies like Asian Paints, Powergrid, Ultratech Cement and Titan also saw a slight decline.