Stock Market Closing On 8 August 2024: The Indian stock market closed with a decline after heavy fluctuations in Thursday’s trading session. Throughout the day, the market was seen trading sometimes in red and sometimes in green. But before the market closed, the market closed with a decline due to the return of selling. The BSE Sensex closed at 78,886 points with a decline of 582 points, while the National Stock Exchange’s Nifty closed at 24,117 with a decline of 180 points. IT and energy stocks have played a role in taking the market down.
Rising and falling stocks
If we look at the rising stocks in today’s trade, MRF closed with a gain of 4.30%, Alkem Lab 3.17%, Trent 3.14%, Bharat Forge 3.08%, Lupin 2.83%, Max Financial 2.08%, HDFC Life 2.03%, ICICI Lombard 1.81% and GMR Airports 1.76%. Among the falling stocks, Piraman Enterprises closed with a loss of 4.31%, LTI Mindtree 4.12%, Shri Cement 3.81%, Nolco 3.72%, Grasim 3.50%, Godrej Properties 3.40%, SAIL 2.95%, Berger Paints 2.92%.