Global cues, caution over RBI's policy review subdue equity indices
Mumbai, June 5: Broadly negative Asian markets, along with caution ahead of Reserve Bank's monetary policy review subdued the key Indian equity indices during the morning trade session on Tuesday.
According to market observers, heavy selling pressure was witnessed in the capital goods, consumer durables and automobile stocks.
Around 9.30 a.m., the broader Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) traded at 10,609.25 points -- down by 19.25 points or 0.18 per cent -- from its previous close.
The barometer 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), which opened at 35,029.45 points, traded at 34,963.99 points -- lower by 47.90 points or 0.14 per cent -- from its previous session's close of 35,011.89 points.
Sensex has so far touched a high of 35,073.12 points and a low of 34,930.56 points during the intra-day trade.
On Monday -- the previous trade session -- both the indices closed in the negative territory as caution prevailed over RBI's second monetary policy review.
Consequently, the NSE Nifty50 closed at 10,628.50 points -- lower by 67.70 points or 0.63 per -- from the previous close.
Similarly, the barometer S&P BSE Sensex settled in the red. It had at 35,503.24 points, closed at 35,011.89 points, 215.37 points or 0.61 per cent lower from the previous session's close at 35,227.26 points.
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UP Cong chief Ajay Rai hospitalised after fainting, stable
Lucknow (PTI): Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai was hospitalised here after he fell unconscious due to low sodium levels, party leaders said on Saturday.
They said he was admitted to Medanta Hospital on Friday evening and is stable.
"Ajay Rai was admitted to Medanta Hospital in Lucknow at around 6 pm on Friday after he fell unconscious as his sodium levels had dropped. He fell unconscious at his residence in Lucknow. For the entire day, he was engaged in party programmes and had also gone to the airport," Uttar Pradesh Congress spokesperson Anshu Awasthi told PTI.
Congress in-charge of Uttar Pradesh Avinash Pande told PTI, "Now, he (Ajay Rai) is stable and I am also reaching Lucknow."
Medanta Hospital Director Dr Rakesh Kapoor told PTI that Rai collapsed at his home on Friday evening and was subsequently admitted to the hospital's emergency ward.
Medical examinations revealed that Rai was suffering from a sodium deficiency and elevated blood pressure. Doctors administered immediate treatment and he is doing significantly better now, Kapoor said.
A team of doctors is monitoring his health. Rai is conversing with others and his condition is stable, he added.
In a post on X late Friday night, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished Rai a speedy recovery.
Rai hails from Varanasi and had contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections against Modi from the parliamentary constituency. The Congress appointed him as the Uttar Pradesh unit chief in 2023.
