Banks, tech stocks drag Indian shares lower; GDP data in focus
- Date: 31-May-2022
- Source: Zawya
- Sector:Financial Markets
- Country:Gulf
Banks, tech stocks drag Indian shares lower; GDP data in focus
BENGALURU - Indian shares snapped a three-session run of gains on Tuesday as banking and technology stocks lost steam ahead of key economic growth data.
The NSE Nifty 50 index closed 0.46% lower at 16,584.55, dragged by a 3.1% drop in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries after it posted a loss for the March quarter.
The index clocked a 3% loss for May.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended 0.64% lower at 55,566.41 and logged a 2.6% loss in May.
Over the last three sessions, both indexes benefited from a rally in beaten down technology stocks, while strong March-quarter results from Mahindra and Mahindra on Monday lifted auto shares.
The carmaker carried those gains into Tuesday, rising 3.4% to a record peak and driving the Nifty auto sub-index up 1% at close.
Investors were also cautious ahead of economic growth data expected later in the day. A Reuters poll last week showed the country's economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic likely stumbled again.
Financial stocks also pressured domestic markets.
The Nifty finance index, bank index and PSU bank index, which tracks state-run banks, closed down more than 1.2% each.
A 12.2% drop in Adani Green Energy dragged Nifty's Energy index 1.08% lower, though losses were capped by a 5% rise in Oil