Global indices came out of the worst quarter ever experienced due to the coronavirus pandemic. Q1 performance for the US market was the worst ever while Europe saw its worst Q1 in 18 years. Similarly, the 30-share index recorded its biggest quarterly fall of 28.7% in the Jan-March quarter.

Total 25 out of 30 stocks on Sensex and 40 out of 50 scrips on Nifty closed in the green. India VIX, the index gauging market volatility, dropped 10.2% or 7.4 points to 64.5 today.

The stock price of the lender has fallen 66% in a month and 76% since the beginning of the year 2020.

CLSA also upgraded Lupin from Sell to Outperform with a revised target price to Rs 660 from Rs 600 earlier.

Overall, 24 of 30 stocks on Sensex and 38 of 50 stocks on Nifty ended in the red. Barring FMCG and Pharma sector, all other indices closed in the red, with financials and realty ending 7% lower.

BSE 30-share barometer Sensex ended 1,410 points higher at 29,946 and NSE 50-share index Nifty closed at 8,641, rising 323 points.

Market breadth favoured advances with the advance-decline ratio at 3:2. Only 4 out of 30 stocks on Sensex and 11 of 50 scrips on Nifty closed in the red.

As per today's closing figures, Sensex has fallen 13,571 points or 33.6% in a month. Similarly, Nifty has declined 4,076 points or 34.36% during the period.

IndusInd Bank declined 70.94% in the last one-month on Sensex, followed by over 50% decline in Axis Bank, Bajaj Finance and around 44-42% fall in ICICI Bank, Mahindra & Mahindra, SBI, Larsen & Toubro and Tata Steel.

Recovering from 4 sessions of straight fall, BSE and NSE indices closed 5.8% higher today. The 30-share index ended at 29,915, rising 1,629 points and the 50-share barometer closed 483 points higher at 8,745.

Sensex has hit a fresh 52-week low of 26,714. Similarly, NSE Nifty too touched a new one-year low of 7,832.55 as against the earlier hit of 8,407.05.

Extending losses for the third straight session, Sensex closed 1,709 points lower to 28,896 and Nifty50 ended at 8,468 mark, down 498 points to its previous close.

In Delhi, price of retail gold declined to Rs 40,920 per 10 gm of 24 karat gold from Rs 42,200 per 10 gm, registered yesterday

Extending losses from yesterday's session, Sensex tanked 810 points to close at 30,597, while  Nifty fell 230  points to end at 8,967

Spot gold fell more than 1% today to $1,496.78 per ounce, after falling 5.1% on the previous day to its lowest since November 2019.

Earlier, within minutes of the opening session on Thursday, equity benchmarks plummeted 6% each, tracking global equities, following a weak trend from overseas as investors turned jittery over mounting fears of Covid-19 infections.

Shares of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Cipla, Zee Entertainment and HCL Technologies from Nifty were trading close to their 52-week lows. Meanwhile, Asian Paints stock price was trading close to its 52-week high.

In terms of sectors, all indices traded majorly bearish, with media stocks dropping 8.5%, PSU bank 8.2%, metal and realty down 7.5%, auto down 6%. Meanwhile, all other indices were down 5% each.

The virus outbreak has now reached almost 100 countries, causing around 4,379 deaths, with the number of infected cases rising to 121,312 today. Of this, 66,909have been recovered globally.

Gold Futures on MCX rose Rs 614 points to the day's high of 44,772 Rs 44,668 per 10 gm. Later, the precious metal was trading at Rs 44,200 per 10 gm, rising Rs 42 against the opening of 44,158 today