INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Indian equity criteria edged lower after a flat start led by losses in HDFC Bank, HDFC, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Reliance Industries,
Infosys, Titan and Maruti Suzuki
The Sensex fell nearly 350 points from the day's greatest level and Nifty 50 index was hovering around its important psychological level of
Since 11:00 am, the Sensex fell 149 indicate 60,396 and Nifty 50 index declined 42 points to 18,026
As of 9:39 am, the Sensex was advanced 91 indicate 60,636 and Nifty 50 index was up 38 points at 18,106
Eleven of 15 sector gauges put together by the National Stock Exchange were trading higher led by the Nifty Pharma index's 1.4 per cent gain
Clever Automobile, IT, Real estate and Healthcare indices were trading higher in the series of 0.6-1.3 per cent.On the other hand, Nifty
Bank, Financial Services and FMCG indices were trading with a negative bias.Mid- and small-cap shares were outperforming their larger peers
as Nifty Midcap 100 advanced 1 percent and Nifty Smallcap 100 index rose 0.3 per cent.Hero MotoCorp was leading Awesome gainer, the stock
increased 2.14 per cent to Rs 2,740
Mahindra - & Mahindra, IndusInd Bank, ONGC, Divi's Labs, Tata Motors, Sun Pharma, Bajaj Auto, UPL, Wipro and Tata Steel likewise increased
in between 1-2 per cent.On the flipside, Britannia Industries, HDFC, Nestle India, Power Grid, HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries, Indian Oil,
HDFC Life, Axis Bank and Bharat Petroleum were among the losers.The total market breadth was positive as 1,885 shares were advancing while
750 were declining on the BSE.
