The benchmark domestic equity indices today ended with modest losses, snapping their two-day winning streak. Barring Auto and select technology stocks, most sectors witnessed selling pressure, with Realty and PSU banks dragging the most. The 30-share index at the Bombay Stock Exchange, Sensex, slipped 156 points, almost 0.2 percent, to close at 80,641. The National Stock Exchange Nifty-50 dropped 82 points, or 0.33 percent to settle at 24,380.
The broader market indices at the BSE closed with deeper cuts. The Mid-Cap index fell by over 2.1 per cent and the Small-Cap index lost more than 2.3 percent.
In the Sensex pack, 19 out of 30 companies edged down. In the top laggards, Eternal slid over three percent, Tata Motors as well as SBI bank, both slipped more than two percent each, and Adani Ports dropped over 1.9 percent. Among the top gainers, Bharti Airtel amd Tata Steel, both added over 1.6 percent each, Mahindra and Mahindra rose almost 1.6 percent, and Hindustan Unilever advanced over 1.2 percent.
In sectoral indices at the BSE, 19 out of 21 sectors ended in negative territory. Among the top laggards, Realty fell almost 3.5 percent, Power slid over 2.6 percent, and Services lost over 2.5 percent. The only two gainers were Teck which added 0.11 percent, and Auto ended nearly flat.
The overall market breadth at the BSE was negative as shares of 3,167 companies declined, 779 advanced, and shares of 126 companies remained unchanged. At the National Stock Exchange, 25 companies hit their 52-week high, while 56 companies hit their 52-week low.
