Sensex Down 55 Points In Early Trade On Profit-Booking


Mumbai: The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex fell over 55 points in early trade on profit-booking by funds and retail investors as rising inflation faded hopes of a rate cut by the Reserve Bank.

The 30-share index fell by 55.25 points, or 0.28 percent, to 19,687.22 in early trade with shares of banking, capital goods, FMCG and realty leading the fall. Sensex had gained 9.71 points in the previous session.

Similarly, the wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty declined by 19.40 points, or 0.33 percent, to 5,821.15.

Brokers said selling by funds as well as retail investors after rise in August wholesale inflation dashed hopes of RBI cutting rates later this week and a mixed trend in Asian region ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy meeting, mainly attributed to the fall.

The Fed is to hold a policy meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday amid speculation it will start reeling in its $85 billion-a-month bond-buying programme.

In the Asian region, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell by 5.50 points, while Japan's Nikkei Index was up by 52.32 percent in early trade.

The U.S. Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.77 percent higher in previous trade.

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Source: PTI