Equity indices close at flat levels, Tata Motors slips 8.5 pc

Jul 06, 2021

New Delhi, July 06 (ANI): Key equity benchmarks traded in a narrow range and closed in the red zone on Tuesday as investors awaited the impact of gradual opening up of economy amid second wave of COVID-19. At the closing bell, the BSE S&P Sensex was down by 19 points or 0.04 per cent at 52,861 and the Nifty 50 ticked lower by 16 points or 0.1 per cent to 15,818. Sectoral indices at the National Stock Exchange were mixed with Nifty auto down by 1.7 per cent, PSU bank by 1.2 per cent and IT by 1 per cent. But Nifty financial service and private bank gained by 0.9 per cent each. Among stocks, Tata Motors skidded by 8.5 per cent to Rs 316.60 per share after the company flagged shortage of semiconductors. Mahindra & Mahindra and Maruti Suzuki dropped by 1.2 per cent each.