All the BSE sector indices were in deep red ranging between 3-5%. Banking, relaty and metal stocks are the worst hit space today. All the Sensex and Nifty stocks are in red.
Top losers on the indices were Tata Steel & Sterlite down over 8%, Bharti Airtel down & VSNL down over 6% and BHEL & ICICI Bank down 5% each.
Sensex was down 642.70 points or 4.28% at 14358.21, and the Nifty down 191.60 points or 4.38% at 4178.60.
About 979 shares have advanced, 1971 shares declined, and 51 shares are unchanged.
The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 7,797.26 down 3%.
The BSE Midcap Index ended at 6,352.44 down 3%.
The BSE FMCG Index lost 3.5% at 1,855.10. United Spirits, United Brewerie, ITC, Tata Tea, Dabur India, Bata India closed in red.
The BSE Metal Index was down 6% to close at 10,299.61. Tata Steel, Sterlite Ind, Guj NRE Coke, Mah Seamless, Hind Zinc were among the losers
The BSE Health Care Index was down 3% at 3,526.95. Orchid Chemical, Aurobindo Pharm, GlaxoSmithKline, Divis Labs, Matrix Lab closed lower.
The BSE Capital Goods Index was down 4% at 12,214.56. Suzlon Energy, Jyoti Structure, Crompton Greave, Astra Microwave, Praj Industries ended lower
The BSE Auto Index closed at 4,662.17 down 3%. Hind Motors, Apollo Tyres, Tata Motors, Amtek Auto, Maruti Udyog were among the losers.
The BSE IT Index closed at 4,637.13 down 3%. Patni Computer, Financial Tech, TCS, I-Flex Solution, HCL Tech, Wipro ended weak.
The BSE Bankex was down 5% at 7,421.33. Union Bank, Bank of India, IOB, Bank of Baroda, Kotak Mahindra, Oriental Bank closed lower.
The BSE Oil and Gas Index closed at 7,504.59 down 4.5%. Reliance, ONGC, Reliance Natural, HPCL, GAIL ended in red.
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 11778.41 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 46447.41 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 5619.45 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 63845.27 crore.