The 30-share Sensex ended down 339 points at 28,119 and the 50-share Nifty closed 100 points lower at 8,438.
Financials are the top gainers along with index heavyweights.
Earning woes drag markets lower; TCS, HUL lead fall.
Ends the August F&O series on a high tracking gains in RIL, HDFC and ITC.
Sensex dull at close, Infosys rules, ITC drags.
Infosys, TCS, HUL and Reliance Industries were the top gainers of the day.
The 30-share Sensex ended 79 points lower at 26,909 and the 50-share Nifty closed 25 points lower at 8,102.
OIL, IOC, HPCL, BPCL slipped between 0.1-1.5% each while the oil producing companies such as ONGC (0.1%), RIL (1.5%), GAIL(2.6%) also edged lower.
On the sectoral front, rate-sensitive sectors such as Bankex and Auto gained by 1% and 0.7% respectively while BSE Consumer Durables gained 1.4%.
The upcoming July derivatives expiry later in the week would also add some volatility to the market proceedings.
Markets in green tracking firm global cues.
Growth concerns on China, which has already seen the yuan getting devalued twice in August, have rattled global financial markets, including that of India.
The 30-share Sensex closed at 27,112 up by 481 points whereas the Nifty ended higher by 139 points at 8,115.
The Nifty and Bank Nifty ended at record closing high of 7,913 and 15,865 respectively.
Benchmark share indices gained for the fifth straight session on Thursday led by index heavyweight Reliance Industries.
Sensex lost 76 points to end at 25,589 while Nifty shed 23 points to end at 7,649.
Sensex, Nifty end the day in red on unfavourable cues from global markets.
Sensex witnessed the biggest single day gain since May 2009 in absolute terms.
Sensex is under pressure due to concerns in the global market.
The benchmark BSE Sensex ended down 2.23 per cent. The Bank Nifty fell 3.59 per cent.
Sensex in green in afternoon trade.
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