Sensex, Nifty slip as financials, banks drag

Sensex, Nifty slip as financials, banks drag

Sensex, Nifty slip as financials, banks drag

Indian shares inched lower on Thursday, weighed by financial and banking stocks ahead of the expiration of derivatives amid an uptick in Omicron coronavirus variant cases.The NSE Nifty 50

index was down 0.1% at 17,198 by 9:29 am and the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex fell 0.08%to 57,846.67. The Nifty finance index was down 0.5%, while the bank index dropped 0.34%. India reported an everyday increase of 13,154 in COVID-19 cases, the greatest in a month.Published at Wed, 29 Dec 2021 23:19:35 -0500

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