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3 min read | Updated on May 27, 2026, 16:27 IST
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On May 27, the SENSEX dropped by 141.91 points or 0.19% to end at 75,867.80. Similarly, NIFTY closed lower by 6.55 points or 0.03% at 23,907.15.
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The SENSEX declined by as much as 0.34% to touch an intraday low of 75,748.21 on May 27. | Image: Shutterstock
On Tuesday, the foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold shares worth ₹2,407.87 crore, while the domestic institutional investors (DIIs) purchased equities worth ₹1,361.43 crore on a net basis, according to exchange data.
The SENSEX declined by as much as 0.34% to touch an intraday low of 75,748.21. Meanwhile, the NIFTY50 touched the session’s low of 23,556.30.
On May 27, the SENSEX dropped by 141.91 points or 0.19% to end at 75,867.80. Similarly, NIFTY closed lower by 6.55 points or 0.03% at 23,907.15.
The 50-share NIFTY index was dragged down by selling in the shares of Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), which closed 4.94% lower, as its standalone net profit rose 3.13% year-on-year (YoY) to ₹6,649.97 crore for Q4 FY26 as compared to ₹6,448.28 crore for the same quarter in the previous year.
It was followed by HDFC Bank (-2.54%), HDFC Life Insurance Company (-1.36%), Wipro (-1%) and SBI Life Insurance Company (-0.97%), which were among the top losers of the day.
These payments, the Indian Express investigation, based on internal records, has revealed, were meant for MSRDC as “differential interest,” i.e., interest over and above the specified rate, on its deposits.
On the other hand, the top gainers included Tata Motors PV (4.53%), Hindalco Industries (4.23%), Powe Grid Corporation of India (2.73%), Eternal (2.21%) and NTPC (2.09%).
NSE’s midcap gauge, the NIFTY Midcap 100, advanced by 259.95 points, or 0.42%, to close at 62,558.85 on Wednesday.
The top winners were Adani Total Gas (14.04%), Exide Industries (7.74%), Swiggy (6.95%), Tube Investments of India (5.95%), and Suzlon Energy (5.81%).
On the flipside, MCX (-4.6%), Radico Khaitan (-3.87%), BSE (-3.48%), Bharat Dynamics (-3.08%) and Rail Vikas Nigam (-2.66%) were among the top laggards.
The NIFTY Smallcap 100 ended at 18,294.30, up by 27.10 points or 0.15% on May 27.
Pine Labs (6.21%), Netweb Technologies India (6%), IFCI (5.95%), Ola Electric Mobility (4.71%) and Wockhardt (4.70%) were among the top gainers.
On the contrary, the top losers included the Great Eastern Shipping Company (-7.92%), Firstsource Solutions (-4.78%), Brainbees Solutions (-3.42%), Piramal Pharma (-2.44%), and Navin Fluorine International (-2.24%).
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