Sensex ended down 190.11 points or 0.97% at 19400.67, and the Nifty closed down 60.80 points or 1.04% at 5786.50. On BSE about 1283 shares have advanced, 1694 shares declined, and 85 shares are unchanged. On NSE, the advance decline ratio was at 443:736. BSE Midcap ended down 60.51points or 0.75% at 7,986.58 and BSE smallcap was down 43.99 or 0.45% at 9,803.03.
BSE auto index ended at 5,277.24 down 51.45 points or 0.97%. MRF, Exide Inds, Amtek India and Escorts were the top losers.
BSE Bankex closed at 10,702.32 down 221.44 or 2.01%. Bank of Baroda, Centurion Bank, Bank of India and Axis Bank were the top losers. BSE Consumer Durables index was down at 5,169.76 down 19.22 or 0.37%. Gitanjali Gems, Titan Inds, Videocon, Rajesh Exports were among top losers.
BSE Capital Goods index ended at 19,697.29 down 354.99 or 1.77%. Punj Llyod, Reliance Infra, Siemens were the top losers.
BSE FMCG ended at 2,026.45 down 0.21 or 0.01%. Nestle, Marico, United Spirits, Tata Tea were top losers.
BSE pharma index closed at 3,878.73 down 0.38%. Matrix, Aventis, Divis Lab were top losers in this space.
BSE IT index ended at 4,540.69 down 26.44 or 0.58%. Tech Mahindra, I-Flex, Satyam, Patni were the top losers.
BSE metal index closed at 17,206.06 down 195.63 or 1.12%. Jindal Steel, Sesa Goa, Shree Precoated were the top losers.
BSE oil & gas index ended at 11,389.21 down 116.33 or 1.01%. Rel Petro, Reliance Natural and Petronet LNG were the top losers in this space.
BSE realty index closed at 10,401.08 up 52.75 or 0.51%. Mahindra Gesco, Indiabulls Realestate and DLF were the top gainers in the realty counter.
Market Snapshot
Market witnesses a choppy session; profit booking in late trade
Sensex down 190 pts at 19400; off over 500 pts from days high
Nifty down 61 pts at 5786; off 171 pts from days high
All BSE Sectoral Indices end in the red barring Realty Index which showed marginal gain
CNX Midcap Index down 0.6%, BSE Small-cap Index down 0.45%
Most buzzing stocks in FNO like RNRL, RPL, JP hydro sees profit booking;
Telecom stocks continue to slide; R Comm down 4.1%, MTNL down 2.7%, Bharti down 2.6%
Metal & oil & gas stocks continue to see selective action
GAIL up 7.2%, Hindalco up 4.4%, Nalco up 3.2%
Fertilizer stocks; Nocil up 10%, FACT up 10%, NFL up 10%, GSFC up 5.8%, Nagarjuna Fertilizer up 2.4%
NSE cash - Rs 23737.41 cr
NSE F&O - Rs 82952.01 cr
BSE cash - Rs 9864.71 cr
Total - Rs 116554.13 cr