Market on Tuesday | Nifty below 25,750, Sensex down 250 pts
In another volatile session, the Indian equity market ended lower on January 12, with the Nifty slipping below 25,750 amid selling pressure in auto, consumer durables, pharma and realty stocks.
At close, the Sensex was down 250.48 points or 0.30 percent at 83,627.69, and the Nifty was down 57.95 points or 0.22 percent at 25,732.30.
Mixed performance was seen among the broader indices, with the BSE Midcap index declining 0.2 percent, while the Smallcap index rose 0.5 percent.
Trent, L&T, Dr Reddy’s Labs, Reliance Industries and Interglobe Aviation were among major losers on the Nifty, while gainers were ONGC, Tech Mahindra, Eternal, ICICI Bank, Hindalco Industries.
On the sectoral front, IT, media, PSU Bank, metal ended in the green, while FMCG, capital goods, consumer durables, pharma, realty fell between 0.3-0.5 percent.