Stock Market LIVE: Nifty Holds Above 22,500, Sensex Flat; Auto Stocks Under Pressure

Key Highlights:

✅ Nifty 50 closed at 22,552.50, while Sensex ended at 74,332.58 in the previous session.
✅ Nifty remains 3,724.85 points below its record high of 26,277.35.
✅ Asian markets opened lower today, signaling weak global sentiment.
✅ Nifty posted its best week in three months, closing above 22,500 after four weeks of losses. Bulls will aim to defend this level in a holiday-shortened trading week.

Stocks in Focus:

📌 Gensol Engineering
📌 IREDA
📌 IndusInd Bank
📌 Lupin
📌 Bodal Chemicals
📌 Alembic Pharma
📌 NMDC
📌 AstraZeneca Pharma
📌 IRB Infra
📌 Tata Power
📌 Shilpa Medicare
📌 RailTel
📌 HCL Infosystems

Sectoral & Stock-Specific Moves:

📉 Auto stocks under pressure – M&M down nearly 2%.
📢 Poonawalla Fincorp enters the education loan business, offering financing up to ₹3 crore.

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