Market on Wednesday | Nifty below 25,100, Sensex down 386 points on fourth day of profit booking
Benchmark indices extended the losing streak for a fourth session on September 24, as Nifty 50 slipped below 24,100 on all-round selling except the FMCG space.
At close, the Sensex was down 386.47 points or 0.47 percent at 81,715.63, and the Nifty was down 112.60 points or 0.45 percent at 25,056.90. BSE midcap index shed nearly 0.9% and smallcap index was down 0.5%.
The biggest Nifty losers were Tata Motors, Wipro, Bharat Electronics, Jio Financial, Hero MotoCorp, while gainers included HUL, Nestle, NTPC, JSW Steel, Power Grid.
Except FMCG, all other sectoral indices ended in the red with auto, IT, media, metal, oil & gas, realty down 0.5-2%