INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Bharti Infratel, Kotak Mahindra Bank and ITC were the top Nifty losersDomestic stock markets ended a choppy session on Wednesday with mild
losses amid thin trade, as escalating border tensions with China, and a spike in coronavirus cases both at home and abroad, quelled hopes of
leaner S-P BSE Sensex index moved in a range of 600.7 points, climbing to as high as 33,933.66 in late afternoon deals, having declined to
an intraday low of 33,332.96 earlier.The Sensex ended 97.30 points - or 0.29 per cent - lower at 33,507.92, and the Nifty settled at
9,881.15, down 32.85 points - or 0.33 per cent - from its previous close.In the Nifty basket of 50 stocks, 28 shares finished the day on a
Top percentage losers were Bharti Infratel, Kotak Mahindra Bank, ITC, Power Grid and Mahindra - Mahindra, ending between 1.92 per cent and
and 4.05 per cent - were the top Nifty gainers."Volumes were lower than normal on the NSE Most Asian stock markets declined modestly on
closed 1.53 per cent higher, having jumped 3.19 per cent earlier.HDFC (closing 1.58 per cent lower), Kotak Mahindra Bank (2.81 per cent) and
1,126 that succumbed to losses
interest waiver on loan EMIs deferred due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown.Equities in other Asian markets were mixed amid rising cases
of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has shaken the world's financial markets and businesses
MSCI's broadest index of Asia Pacific shares outside Japan ended 0.29 per cent higher, recovering intraday losses, while Japan's Nikkei
second quarter, a survey by Thomson Reuters/INSEAD found, with some two-thirds of the firms polled flagging a worsening COVID-19 pandemic as
the biggest risk over the next six months.The E-Mini S-P 500 futures turned positive in late Asian trade, and were last seen trading up 0.66
per cent, indicating a stronger start for US markets on Wednesday.European shares started Wednesday's session on a mixed note, with the
United Kingdom's FTSE benchmark index last seen trading 0.30 per cent higher
France's CAC index was up 0.09 per cent at the time, whereas Germany's DAX was down 0.06 per cent.
