IT majors weakened ahead of the September US jobs data and telecom stocks ended lower
The broader NSE Nifty gained 22 points to 10,480.60
Most of the session's gains for both the indices were wiped out as investors rushed to book profits ahead of F&O expiry on Thursday and also due to concerns over stretched valuations.
Share rises further to 73 per cent from 66 per cent last year; Some overseas i-banks seen scaling down operations
Among the gainers, Sun Pharma topped by rising 3.03 per cent as the weak rupee tempted buyers to accumulate shares of pharma exporters.
Among Sensex constituents, Vedanta fell 3.40 per cent, followed by SBI 3.17 per cent, Yes Bank 3.11 per cent, Axis Bank 1.68 per cent, ONGC 1.60 per cent, Power Grid 1.52 per cent and HDFC 1.48 per cent.
Investors booked profit ahead of the outcome of the two-day US Fed policy meet which begins today.
A glance back at some important events that occurred in 2018.
Govt wants to up investment in Railways
Rate sensitive sectors rallied the most led by banks while metals surged on rebound in commodity prices
Within the next 3 months, most brokers will enable you to intelligently invest via mobiles in MFs, FDs, and IPOs.
'Indians are great savers, but they are lousy investors.'
The 30-share Sensex dropped 298 points to end at 27,209 and the 50-share Nifty has lost 93 points to end at 8,174.
Budget in the medium term aims to kick-start the investment cycle.
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