The benchmark NSE Nifty 50 settled 0.16% higher at 22,502, while the S&P BSE Sensex added 0.12% to 74,005.94Indian shares were little changed in a special session conducted on Saturday for stock exchanges to test a failsafe system for equity trading. India's markets regulator had scrutinised the stock exchanges - NSE and BSE, after a major trading outage in Feb 24, 2021 due to a technical glitch, when the bourses failed to migrate to the disaster recovery site. A similar special trading session was earlier held on March 2, 2024The benchmark NSE Nifty 50 settled 0.16% higher at 22,502, while the S&P BSE Sensex added 0.12% to 74,005.94. Among individual stocks, Nestle India added 2.23% and was the top Nifty 50 gainer. JSW Steel shed 1.81% and was the top Nifty 50 loser after posting a drop in fourth-quarter profit.

Source: bd News24 May 19, 2024 07:47 UTC