The BSE Sensex slipped 200 points at 16,642 after touching a high of 16,963 and a low of 16,606. The index opened at 16,915 against the previous close of 16,843. The NSE Nifty fell 60 points to shut shop at 4,941.
In Asia, the Nikkei in Japan was up 1.9%, while Australia's S&P/ASX ended lower by 0.4% at 4,752. Shanghai SE Composite in China gained 5% and Hang Seng index in Hong Kong was up 0.2%.
In Europe, stocks were in mixed. The FTSE in the UK was down 0.2%, The DAX in Germany was down 0.3% and the CAC 40 index in France was flat.
Coming back to India, among the BSE sectoral indices, the Auto index was the top loser, shedding 2%, followed by the Bankex index that was down 1.6% and the BSE IT index was down 1.6%.
Even the BSE Mid-Cap index slipped 0.9% and the BSE Small-Cap index was down 0.9%. Only BSE Consumer Durables index gained 0.3%.
Among the 30-components of Sensex, 25 stocks ended in the red and only ICICI Bank, Infosys, Reliance Industries, SBI and HDFC ended in the negative terrain. Among the major gainers were, Bharti Airtel, ONGC, RCom, Sun Pharma and Hindustan Unilever.
Outside the frontline indices, the big losers in the broader market were Videocon Ind, SCI, Bhushan Steel, United Phos and Federal Bank. On the other hand, gainers included EIH Ltd, Oracle Fin, Exide Ind, Aditya Birla, Nestle and Titan.
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