LIVE Stock Market Updates: Indices Start Flat; banks, real estate shares holding up, pharmaceutical sector weak | News about markets

Trade fair LIVE updates today, Thursday June 20, 2024: After starting on a positive note on Thursday, Indian stock markets pared their gains to a swing around the flat line. The BSE Sensex is hovering around 77,300 levels, down 50 points, while the Nifty is testing 23,500, down 17 points.

Kotak Mahindra Bank, SBI Life, L&T, Bharti Airtel, IndusInd Bank, HDFC Bank, Hindalco, Tata Motors and M&M were the biggest gainers on the benchmarks, rising up to 1.7 per cent, while Sun Pharma, Bajaj Finance, HDFC Life , Divis Labs, Nestle India and ONGC were the top laggards.

In the broader markets, the BSE MidCap index rose 0.47 per cent, while the BSE SmallCap gained 0.71 per cent.

In terms of sectors, the Nifty Bank, Private Bank and Realty indices rose up to 1.3 percent. The Nifty Pharma, on the other hand, fell 0.5 percent.