Mumbai: A key index for Indian equities Tuesday closed 239 points lower after traders chose to book profit.
The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 17,777.95 points, was ruling at 17,534.99 points (provisional), 239.27 points or 1.35 percent down from its previous close at 17,774.26 points.
At the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the broader 50-share S&P CNX Nifty was ruling at 5,264.75 points, down 1.29 percent from its previous close at 5,333.5 points.
Broader market indices too were in the red with the BSE midcap index ending 0.72 percent lower and the BSE smallcap index 0.65 percent down.
Metals, realty, oil and gas, and banking scrips saw most of the selling.
Source: IANS
