The markets were trading weak throughout the day and further slipped downwards during the final hour on account of increased selling pressure. The Sensex closed at 11407 down 96 points and the Nifty closed at 3336 down 29 points.
The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 5,748.18 down 78 points or 1.3%.
The BSE Midcap Index ended at 4,759.37, down 54 points or 1.1%.
The BSE sectoral closed in red. The BSE Metal Index gained 1.6% at 8,083.76. Jindal Saw, Guj NRE Coke, Sterlite Ind, Jindal Steel and SAIL witnessed selling pressure.
The BSE FMCG Index lost 1.4% 1,950.65. Colgate, Tata Tea and Shaw Wallace plunged closed in negative terrain.
The BSE Auto Index lost 1.4% at 4,879.75. Hind Motors, Mah and Mah, Apollo Tyres, TVS Motor and Bharat Forge slipped on the bourses
The BSE Health Care Index was down 1.2% at 3,474.83. Biocon, Wockhardt, Orchid Chemical, Ipca Labs and Nicholas Pirama closed lower.
The BSE Bankex was lost 1% at 5,143.08. IOB, Bank of India, Vijaya Bank, PNB, Union Bank, Kotak Mahindra moved downwards.
The BSE IT Index lost 0.65% at 4,205.93. Hexaware Tech, Infosys, Moser Baer, HCL Tech and I-Flex Solution closed in red.
The BSE Oil and Gas Index lost 0.4% at 5,421.86. Petronet LNG, HPCL, Kochi Refin, BPCL declined on the bourses.
The BSE Capital Goods Index was lost 0.53% at 7,655.09. Thermax, KEC Infrastruct, HEG, Bharat Elec, Lakshmi Machine closed lower.
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 5960.46 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 20544 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 2984.68 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 29489.14 crore.
Markets Today:
Markets end in the red due to profit booking
Sensex down 95.97 points at 11406.65; swings 205 points during the day
Nifty down 28.80 points at 3335.80
All BSE sectoral indices end in the red
BSE Auto Index down 1.44%; M&M down 4%, Bajaj Auto down 2.25%, MUL down 1.46%
BSE Metal Index down 1.58%; SAIL down 2%, Tata Steel down 1.8%, Sterlite down 2.67%
Nifty losers: Jet Airways down 3.63%, HDFC down 3.47%
CNX Mid Cap Index down 1.06%; dragged by realty stocks & some recent listings
Bombay Dyeing down 10.6%, Mahindra Gesco down 10%, Peninsula Land down 5%
New Listings: Educomp down 7.62%, Everest Kanto 6%
BSE Small Cap Index down 1.34%
NSE Advance Decline ratio at 2:5
Total market turnover at Rs 29489.14 cr Vs Rs 29943.32 cr on Tuesday
F&O
Turnover at Rs 20544 cr
NIfty Aug at 1 pts Premium; Nifty Sept at 9 pt discount
Nifty Aug Futures adds 14 lakh shares in OI
Nifty Sept adds 12 lakh shares in OI
Top Traded: RPL,Bharti,Arvind Mills,HPCL,MphasiS Bfl
IFCI Sep adds 57 lakh shares in OI
Nagarjuna Sep adds 9 lakh shares in OI
Satyam Sep adds 7 lakh shares
RPL Aug adds 22 lakh shares in OI
Tata Power, Bharti, Nagarjuna & Arvind Mills witness over 29% rollover
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