Indian markets closed lower for the fourth consecutive session, with the BSE Sensex declining by 667 points and the NSE Nifty dropping by 183 points. Heavyweight financials and IT stocks led the decline, with ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries, Infosys, Axis Bank, L&T, and TCS contributing to the downward trend.

Indian markets closed in the red for the 3rd straight session. The market was quite volatile due to profit-booking pressure from index heavyweight RIL, and banking stocks

Indian markets hit new record highs today, Sensex crossed the 76K mark intraday while Nifty crossed the 23,100 mark for the very first time. However, at closing markets closed in the red and were mostly flattish

Sensex and Nifty both ended flat today and mostly swung between gains and losses. Sensex ended above the 75,400 mark while Nifty was also above the 22,900 level.

When the stock market opened for trading today, investors had cues from two central bankers to choose from - the world's most powerful Jerome Powell, who runs the US Federal Reserve, and RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das. Ignoring Fed officials' concerns over the lack of progress on inflation as revealed in Fed minutes, the bulls chose to focus on the bumper dividend of Rs 2.1 lakh crore announced by India’s central bank for the government.

Top Sensex gainers: HUL, Reliance Industries, Infosys, Asian Paints and ITC (rising 1-2% each).Top Sensex losers: SBI, JSW Steel, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank and Tata Steel.

Indian market volatility hit 22.3, a 23-month high.Influenced by upcoming election results (June 4) and ongoing foreign selling.

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The markets swung between gains and losses throughout the day. Indian markets closed flat at the end due to losses in HDFC and ICICI Bank.

The markets are in a mixed zone due to voting for the third phase of the Lok Sabha election. Indian markets closed down and were mainly dragged by index heavyweights such as Reliance Industries, banking, and auto stocks.