Equity Benchmark indices closed lower for the first time in last seven consecutive trading sessions, dragged by banks, telecom and auto stocks. The BSE Sensex was down 80.09 points at 28812.88 and the NSE Nifty felled 42.80 points to 8896.70 while the broader markets outperformed benchmarks despite weak breadth. The BSE Mid-cap index closed at 13533.78 levels, up by 1.67 points or 0.01%; while BSE Small-cap index hiked 22.10 points or 0.16%. at 13609.
Over all 641 shares have advanced, 921 share have Declined and 60 shares are remains Unchanged on BSE. The Rupee closed lower by 8 paise at 66.75 per Dollar.
In Commodity market, Gold slipped 20 points to 29,603 and Silver gained 50 points at 43,403.
Axis Bank was the biggest loser among Sensex stocks, down 3.6 percent followed by ICICI Bank, L&T, HDFC, Bharti Airtel, Maruti and Tata Motors while Reliance Industries gained 4.7 percent.
Movers And Shakers Of The Day:
Lumax Industries Limited closed at Rs 1362 per share, up by Rs 139.15 per share or 11.38%.
Vijaya Bank closed at Rs 73.20 per share, up by Rs 7.25 per share or 10.99%.
Jindal Steel & Power Limited closed at Rs 124.40 per share, up by Rs 7.65 per share or 6.55%.
