Stock market today, May 20 -- The Gift Nifty Live Chart shows a negative start for the Indian stock market today. By 8:23 AM, the Gift Nifty was trading around the 23,416 level, a discount of 196 points from the Nifty futures' previous close of 23,612.

Indian benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, finished slightly lower on Tuesday, 19 May, amid profit booking, as investors exercised caution amid mixed global signals, ongoing uncertainty over the US-Iran conflict, high crude oil prices, and the ongoing weakness of the rupee.

The BSE Sensex dropped by 114 points, equivalent to 0.15%, to close at 75,200.85, whereas the NSE Nifty 50 decreased by 32 points, or 0.14%, ending at 23,618.

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