Market on Wednesday | Market snaps 4-day gains; Nifty below 25,100, Sensex drags 153 pts
Amid volatility, the Indian equity indices ended lower, snapping four-day gaining streak on October 8 with Nifty closing below 25,100 amid selling across the sectors barring IT and consumer durables.
At close, the Sensex was down 153.09 points or 0.19 percent at 81,773.66, and the Nifty was down 62.15 points or 0.25 percent at 25,046.15. BSE Midcap index shed 0.7% and Smallcap indices declined 0.4%.
Among sectors, except consumer durables (up 0.7), IT (up 1.5%) all other sectoral indices ended in the red with realty, telecom, pharma, oil & gas, media, PSU Bank, auto down 0.3-2%.
Tata Motors, UltraTech Cement, Jio Financial, ONGC, Trent were among major losers on the Nifty, while gainers were Titan Company, Infosys, TCS, Tech Mahindra and Max Healthcare.