Sensex Slips 62 Points To End Below 27k-Mark; Sun Pharma Down 4 Percent
Shares of ONGC slipped 3.58 per cent.
The 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange lost 8.40 points, or 0.10 per cent, to settle at 8,085.70.
Intra-day, the Nifty shuttled between 8,127.95 and 8,057.30.
A mixed trend in other Asian markets and lower opening in Europe did not help domestic markets’ cause either.
Overall, 16 Sensex stocks declined while 14 led by SBI, Infosys, RIL, Axis Bank, BHEL, GAIL and Maruti ended up.
Sectorwise, the BSE Healthcare index suffered the most by losing 1.73 per cent, followed by Metal index (down 1.08 per cent), Oil & Gas index (down 0.48 per cent), Realty index (0.34 per cent) and Consumer Durables index (0.22 per cent).
On the other hand, BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended 1.03 per cent and 1.39 per cent up respectively.
