Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex ended down by 123.45 points, at 8716.42 a dip of 1.40 per cent. 8745.23 and 8467.43 were the day’s high and low points respectively.
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BSE Midcap Index fell by 1.67 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index was down by 1.54 per cent.
National Stock Exchange’s Nifty closed at 2662, down by 0.78 per cent , that is 20.90 points. The intra-day high of 2672.90 and a low of 2570.70 were hit by the 50-share index.
Amongst the sectoral indices, BSE FMCG Index closed 0.80 per cent, BSE Realty Index was up 0.41 per cent, BSE Power Index ended 0.13 per cent up.
BSE Auto Index plunged by 2.81 per cent, BSE IT Index slipped 2.51 per cent and BSE Oil&gas Index dipped by 2.51 per cent.
Gains in Reliance Infrastructure (5.6%), Bharti Airtel (3.2%), Jaiprakash Associates (2.93%), NTPC (2.66%), DLF (2.24%) and ITC (2.24%) helped indices close off lows.
Mahindra & Mahindra (-8.1%), Maruti Suzuki (-5.26%), Tata Consultancy Services (-4.9%), Larsen & Toubro (-3.28%) and Tata Steel (-3.16%) ended after having faced significant losses.
Market breadth on BSE remained weak with 1283 declines outnumbering 796 advances.
On the whole market ended red even as traders benefited from realty, power and banking.
