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Sensex sheds 137 points during early trade
BSE Sensex Sheds 137 Points During Early Trade, Sensex Gains 137 Points, BSE Sensex Up 137 Points. The BSE benchmark Sensex on Wednesday rose over 137 points in early trade on emergence of selective buying by funds, largely in line with a firming trend on the other Asian bourses.
Mumbai: A benchmark index of Indian equities markets tanked 136.96 points or 0.66 percent down in the morning trade Wednesday.
Selling pressure was observed in IT, technology, media and entertainment (TECK) and auto sectors, while marginal good buying was seen in metal sector.
The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 20,875.31 points, was trading at 20,728.01 points in the early session, down 136.96 points or 0.66 percent from previous day's close at 20,864.97 points.
The Sensex touched a high of 20,922.32 points and a low of 20,716.50 points during the trade so far.
The S&P BSE IT index tanked by 156.62 points, TECK dropped by 70.47 points and auto index slipped by 89.24 points; while metal index moved up by 29.88 points.
The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading down at 44.20 points or 0.71 percent down at 6,158.60 points.
