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The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex fell over 70 points at the end of the session today taking cues from weak global markets. Trading sentiment in the global markets was hit as investors were nervous over the US, European debt crisis.
At 3.30 p.m., the 30-share BSE index Sensex was down 79.93 points or 0.47 per cent at 17,050.58 and the 50-share NSE index Nifty was down 27.65 points or 0.54 per cent at 5,133.35.
Volume toppers during the session were SBI, Tata Steel, Tata Motors, RIL and ICICI Bank. Major Sensex losers were ICICI Bank, Bharti Airtel, L&T, Tata Power, SBI, Jindal Steel and Maruti Suzuki. NTPC, HDFC and ITC were the major gainers.
Among the sectoral indices, bankex was down 1.11 per cent, consumer durables 0.97 per cent, realty 0.92 per cent and teck 0.9 per cent. Only oil & gas was up 0.04 per cent. Of the total 2,930 stocks traded, 1,319 advanced, 1,470 declined and 141 remained unchanged.
The 30-share Sensex, which gained 272.60 points in the previous session, fell 89.41 points or 0.52 per cent to 17,041.10 in the opening session.
Similarly, the broad-based National Stock Exchange Nifty index shed 27.4 points or 0.53 per cent to 5,133.60.
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