The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex fell by over 95 points in early morning trade today on selling by funds in oil and gas, banking and IT sector stocks amid weak Asian cues.
The 30-share index, which had gained over 124 points in the previous trading session, declined by 95.25 points, or 0.59 per cent, to 15,915.65 points in early morning trade.
The wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty declined 25.60 points, or 0.55 per cent, to 4,757.25.
Brokers said weak trends on the other Asian bourses mainly dampened the trading sentiment here, triggering selling by foreign funds in heavy-weight stocks.
Among the losers were Reliance Industries fell by 0.18 per cent to Rs 991.90, Infosys by 0.51 per cent to Rs 2,368.10, Tata Consultancy Services by 0.02 per cent to Rs 729.35, Wipro by 0.29 per cent to Rs 646, NTPC by 0.51 per cent to Rs 204, HDFC Bank by 1.14 per cent to Rs 1,555.65, HDFC Ltd by 0.92 per cent to Rs 2,374 and BHEL by 0.86 per cent to Rs 2,29340.
The Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index was down 0.26 per cent, while Japan’s Nikkei fell by 0.23 per cent in the morning trade today.
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