Markets ended lower on Wednesday after earlier hitting record highs for the fourth straight session on profit taking with oil shares leading the decline.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 110 points at 25,474 after hitting a record high of 25,736 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 30 points at 7,627 after touching a record high of 7,700.
Exports grew by a six-month high of 12.40% at $27.9 billion in May this year against $24.91 billion in the same a year ago.
The outbound shipment was driven by 28.7 er cent increase in petroleum products and 22.09% in engineering goods, showed official figures released today.
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