Share market updates: Sensex down 200 pts, Nifty gives up 10,600;No change in petrol, diesel prices on Wednesday.
The domestic stock markets – Sensex and Nifty –opened lower on Wednesday morning tracking weak global cues. Sensex tanked 211 points to 35,258.97, while the broader Nifty 50 was trading near 10,600. HUL share price plunged by nearly 2% to 1,750.80, and Sun Pharma share price tanked by more than 1.2%. Meanwhile, Japanese stocks gained in the trade this morning, following a Christmas Day plunge of both the Nikkei 225 and Topix. Earlier, President Donald Trump’s attacks on the Federal Reserve spooked the stock market on Christmas Eve, and efforts by his Treasury secretary to calm investors’ fears only seemed to make matters worse, contributing to another day of heavy losses on Wall Street on Monday. ASIA UPDATE Global stock markets were heading into the year-end under a heavy cloud after another rout this week as US political uncertainty added to heightened concerns over slowing global economic momentum. OIL UPDATE Brent crude oil futures were trading around $50 a...