Sensex-Nifty The BSE Sensex on Wednesday lost another 286.06 pts to settle at 65,226.04 on foreign fund outflows amid weak Asian Market.
The Nifty of National Stock Exchange (NSE) slipped 92.65 pts at 19,436.10.
The equity market remained under pressure throughout the session today, as the Sensex opened in red at 65,330.65, easing 66 pts. During the day, it was crashed 634 pts at 64,878.77, days low, in late trade, it was recovered, but ended negative only at 65,226.04, down 286.06 pts from its previous close.
In stocks, Metal was badly hit by 1.98 pc followed by Realty by 1.83 pc, Power by 1.53 pc and Health Care by 1.47 pc.
The scrips that dragged the market were Axis Bank by 4.38 pc to Rs 994.40, SBI by 2.82 pc to Rs 585.95, NTPC by 2.55 pc to Rs 235, IndusInd Bank by 2.38 pc to Rs 1401.50 and Ultracemco by 2.12 pc to Rs 8126.05.
The gainers were Nestle India Ltd by 2.79 pc to Rs 22,961.85, HDFC Bank by 1.52 pc to Rs 1530.80, Hind Unilever by 1.51 pc to Rs 2507.45 and Infosys by 0.81 pc to Rs 1445.25.
The Mid Cap declined by 1.52 pc and Small Cap by 0.96 pc.
In 30 scrips, 8 advanced while 22 declined.
The Asian Market remained weak as Nikkei fell by 2.33 pc followed by Straits Times by 1.43 pc,
Hang Seng by 0.79 pc and Taiwan Weighted by 1.11 pc.
(With UNI inputs)
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