INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Domestic stock markets registered sharp losses on Friday, falling for a second straight session,
tracking weakness in Asian peers, where traders worried not only about the escalation of the trade war but also the effect on the
independence of the US central bank
The S-P BSE Sensex index fell as much as 410.91 points in early trade to 36,607.41, and the broader NSE Nifty benchmark moved to 10,848.95,
down 131.05 points from the previous close
Losses in banking, auto and metal stocks dragged the markets lower
Analysts awaited financial results from large cap companies
The Sensex and Nifty indexes had finished 1.23 per cent and 1.24 per cent respectively on Thursday
Here are 10 things to know about the stock markets today:At 9:51 am, the Sensex traded 321.59 points - or 0.87 per cent -
at the time were GAIL India, Hero MotoCorp, ONGC, Coal India, HCL Tech, Hindalco and Vedanta, struggling with losses of between 2.17 per
Prabhakar, head of research at IDBI Capital, told TheIndianSubcontinent
State Bank of India, ITC and Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) are due to report their earnings for the April-June period later
other hand, Bharti Airtel shares rose, a day after the private sector telecom major reported its earnings for the April-June
1.6 per cent to its lowest since mid-June, and Japan's Nikkei tumbling 2.4 per cent
Chinese stocks were also hit hard, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite and the blue-chip CSI300 down 1.5 per cent and 1.6 per cent,
respectively, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped 2.2 per cent.US President Donald Trump sent financial markets reeling on Thursday when
cent intraday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.05 per cent, the S-P 500 lost 0.90 per cent and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.79 per
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