Market on Tuesday | Nifty below 25,150, Sensex down 297 pts
The Indian benchmark indices extended the previous session losses, dragging the Nifty below 25,100 intraday amid selling across the sectors.
At close, the Sensex was down 297.07 points or 0.36 percent at 82,029.98, and the Nifty was down 81.85 points or 0.32 percent at 25,145.50. BSE Midcap index shed 0.8 percent and smallcap indices fell 1%.
All the sectoral indices ended in the red with pharma, consumer durables, metal, media, PSU Bank index down 1-1.5%.
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Bajaj Finance, Bharat Electronics, TCS, Trent were among major losers on the Nifty, while gainers included Max Healthcare, Apollo Hospitals, Tech Mahindra, Wipro and ICICI Bank.