The markets cracked further breaking some important psychological support levels in today's trade despite some stable global cues and some good corporate earnings.
The Sensex, which opened with a positive gap of over 170 points, saw a sharp fall and breached the 10000 mark during the day. The Nifty also closed below the 2950 mark.
The Sensex closed at 10,007.34 down 219.44 points. The Nifty lost 61 points to close at 2933.
The worst hit were the midcap and smallcap stocks. The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 4,882.02, down 117 points.
The BSE Midcap Index ended at 4,074.74, down 126 points.
About 465 shares advanced, 1877 shares declined, and 59 shares were unchanged.
There was lot of pressure on companies which came out with earnings, especially Dabur and ACC followed by tech stocks like Wipro and TCS.
All the BSE sectoral indices closed in red with metal, auto and IT being among the top laggards.
Markets today
Lowest closing for Sensex since June 21
Sensex down 2.15% or 219.44 points at 10007.34; slips below 10,000 in intra-day
Nifty ends down 2% or 60.90 points at 2932.75
All BSE Sectoral Indices end in the red
BSE Metal Index down 3.95%; Sterlite down 9.4%, Hind Zinc down 7.8%, Tata Steel down 3.88%
BSE Auto Index down 3.6%; M&M down 6.5%, Tata Motors down 4.4%
BSE IT Index down 3%; Wipro, Satyam down over 5%, TCS down 4.5%
CNX Midcap Index down 2.55%; Bajaj Hind down 8.7%, Balrampur Chini down 6.35%
BSE Smallcap Index down 3.5%; Era Construction down 9.96%
NSE Advance Decline ratio at 1:10
Total market turnover at Rs 33203.26 cr Vs Rs 29974.66 cr on Tuesday
The BSE Metal Index was down 3.95% at 7,423.22. Sterlite Ind, Sesa Goa, Hind Zinc, Jindal Saw and Welspun Guj witnessed selling pressure.
The Auto index closed at 4,151.09 down 3.6%. M&M, Hind Motors, Bajaj Auto, TVS Motor and Tata Motors closed lower.
The BSE IT Index was down 3.06% at 3,739.11. I-Flex Solution, Mphasis BFL, Wipro, Satyam and TCS moved up.
The BSE Capital Goods Index was down 2.84% at 6,392.45. Gammon India, Greaves Cotton, Thermax, Carborundum and Siemens closed lower.
The BSE Consumer Durables Index lost 2.3% at 2,576.39. Samtel Color, BPL, Blue Star and Su-Raj Diamonds lost ground
The BSE FMCG Index was down 2.01% at 1,853.96. Dabur India, Shaw Wallace, Nestle, Tata Tea and Colgate closed in red.
The BSE Bankex was down 1.38% at 4,051.44. IOB, Bank of India, Canara Bank, Andhra Bank and Bank of Baroda were among the losers.
The BSE Health care index closed down 1.36% at 2,988.09. Novartis India, Ipca Labs, Nicholas Pirama and Wockhardt closed in the negative terrain.
The BSE Oil and Gas Index closed down 1.2% at 4,917.76. IOC, Petronet, Reliance, HPCL and BPCL were among the losers.
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 5940.26 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 24296.49 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 2966.51 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 33203.26 crore.
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