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MUMBAI: The stock markets were down on Thursday amid mild volatility due to weakness seen in automobile, banking, realty and oil&gas stocks.

The BSE Sensex, which opened lower and touched a low of of 17,032.81, recovered but faced resistance near 17,300 mark as investors turned cautious. Weakness in today’s trade was attributed to weak Asian markets.

The Sensex closed at 17,101.54, down by 84.14 points.

The wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty had shed 15.10 points to close at 5,116.10.

However, sectors that bucked the weak trend and managed to end in the positive territory were healthcare, teck, IT, power and FMCG.

Among the volume toppers were DLF, Tata Steel, Hindalco, Reliance Communication, Bharti Airtel, Jaiprakash Associates and Tata Motors. — Our Bureau

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