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On Monday, the benchmark indices traded lower for the fourth straight session following weak sentiment in Asia markets. Also, in opening trade against the previous session's closing, the BSE Sensex fell over 200 points. It was noted that the broader Nifty also traded below 10,400 levels. As per the experts and analysts, the Indian rupee strengthened against the US dollar, by tracking gains in its Asian peers. However, earlier this week it was observed for the second straight session that the domestic equity indices gained to hit the three-week high on upbeat global cues and bargain hunting in select index majors.

Some of the prominent differences between Nifty and Sensex are the number of constituent companies, base value, sectors, liquidity and volatility.

On Wednesday, it was observed that the rupee opened 7 paise higher at 64.89 against Dollar. On Tuesday, it was noted that the local currency closed 16 paise up at 64.96 against the dollar. In the interim, experts also claimed that the domestic equity markets opened in the red due to global cues. It is observed that the NSE Nifty50 index was down 38 points at 10,211.70 level. On the other side, the BSE Sensex was 80 points down at 33,234 level in the morning session at around 9.25 am.

Today, in the early trade, some stocks were among the most active stocks in terms of value on NSE. Some of them are Reliance Industries, Tata Consultancy Services

Today, the domestic equity market shrugged off worries over US pullout from the Iran nuclear deal and notched up gains. Heavy buying in index heavyweights HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries and TCS gave a good 103-point lift to the S&P BSE Sensex. NSE's Nifty rose 24 points to 10,741. Few things that you would like to know about today's market:

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