Stocks end at day’s low as IT, banking shares drag; midcaps underperform
The Nifty closed sharply lower on Thursday, retreating from early gains as weak quarterly earnings and caution ahead of upcoming results weighed on investor sentiment. Losses were led by banking and information technology stocks, while midcaps underperformed the benchmarks. The NSE Nifty 50 index fell 101 points, or 0.40%, to end at 25,111, while the