The market closed at the red mark after a day of ups and downs

New delhi date. 17 February 2021, Wednesday

The domestic stock market has been trading at record levels for the past several days but closed at the red mark on Wednesday, the third trading day of the week, after a day of ups and downs. Investors made profits by selling shares at higher prices during trading today.

The BSE Sensex closed 400.34 points lower at 0.177% at 51703.83. The Nifty closed at 15208.90, down 104.55 points or 0.68%.

The market opened lower in early trade today. The Sensex opened 157.41 points lower at 51946.76, down 0.30%. While the Nifty opened 43.40 points or 0.28% lower at 15270.10, at 1.55 pm the Sensex was down 368.95 points at 51735.22 and the Nifty was trading at 15219.05.

Today, the market saw a decline due to profit recovery. Apart from that, the market was also affected by the global stock market. European stock markets opened lower in the afternoon Indian time. Earlier, the US market saw a modest gain. The Korea Kospi index was trading down one percent.