FINAL TRADE: Sensex ends 73 pts lower, Nifty dragged to 24,781; Bajaj Auto settles 4% higher

Indian equities successful a highly volatile league ended Monday's league (October 21). Nifty closed the league astatine 24,781.1, down 0.29 per cent oregon 72.95 points, while Sensex ended little by 0.09 per cent oregon 73.48 points astatine 81,151.27. Broader markets, however, tumbled sharply with Nifty Midcap 100 ending 1.7 per cent lower.

Sectorally, of the 13 large indices, lone Nifty Auto ended successful the green, portion each different succumbed to losses.

From the Nifty pack, apical gainers included stocks similar Bajaj Auto, HDFC Bank, Asian Paints, M&M and Eicher Motors, portion apical laggards were Tata Consumer Products, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Bajaj Finserv, BPCL and IndusInd Bank.

HDFC Bank shares aft a dependable acceptable of Q2 numbers ended 

RBL Bank shares ended sharply little amid a dismal acceptable of September 4th results. Nonetheless, Citi reiterated its bargain telephone connected the banal and anticipates 24 per cent imaginable gains. 

Meanwhile, European markets traded with a cut, up of a slew of net from marquee corporates. The European Stoxx 600 scale past was down 0.24 per cent.