The markets ended in deep red on account of selling seen in index pivotals. Heavy selling was seen in scrips from IT, FMCG, metal and auto sector.
The Sensex closed down 208.37 points or 1.50% at 13652.15, and the Nifty ended down 50.00 points or 1.26% at 3933.4.
About 1698 shares have advanced, 936 shares declined, and 44 shares are unchanged.
The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 7,250.64 up 59 points down 0.8%.
The BSE Midcap Index ended at 5,912.01 down 25 points or 0.4%.
The BSE FMCG Index lost 1.4% at 1,849.06. Nestle, Colgate, Shaw Wallace, United Spirits, ITC closed in red.
The BSE Metal Index was down 1.8% to close at 8,814.53. Sesa Goa, Guj NRE Coke, Hindalco, Sterlite Ind, Hind Zinc were among the losers.
The BSE Bankex was down 1% at 7,082.90. SBI, HDFC Bank, Karnataka Bank, IOB, Bank of India moved downwards.
The BSE Health Care Index was down 0.6% at 3,827.78. Nicholas Pirama, Lupin, Cipla, Matrix Lab, Biocon closed lower.
The BSE Capital Goods Index was down 0.7% at 9,099.06. Gammon India, Siemens, Ingersoll Rand, Crompton Greave, Bharat Elec ended lower.
The BSE Auto Index closed at 5,526.72 down 1.2%. SBI, HDFC Bank, Karnataka Bank, IOB, Bank of India, UTI Bank were among the losers.
The BSE IT Index closed at 5,204.88 down 2.6%. Mphasis, Moser Baer, Wipro, Infosys, Satyam ended weak.
The BSE Oil and Gas Index closed at 6,319.82 down 0.3%. HPCL, IOC, Reliance Natura, MRPL, Reliance ended in red.
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 7610 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 25210 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 3720.71 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 36540.71 crore.
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