MARKET LIVE: Sensex down 200pts, Nifty near 16,350; RIL, Airtel, ITC weigh

Stock market LIVE updates: The markets came off day’s highs after turning positive as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) retained the FY23 GDP growth forecast at 7.2 per cent. 

The central bank, however, hiked the key repo rate by 50 bps to rein in inflation. This was the second raise in a row this year, which came in-line with the Street’s expectations. 

With this, the repo rate now stands at 4.9 per cent, up from 4.4 per cent. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das added that the MPC has decided unanimously to keep policy stance ‘withdrawal of accommodation’.

The BSE Sensex was up 100 points to 55,200 and the NSE Nifty50 was up 30 pts to 16,450.

On the inflation front, the central bank raised consumer price (CPI) or retail inflation forecast for FY23 to 6.7 per cent from 5.7 per cent. Das said retail inflation is likely to remain above 6 per cent during the first three quarters of FY23.