Market Live:
Sensex falls 150 pts; Nifty below 10,350 ahead of F&O expiry, Q2 GDP
Equity benchmarks started off last day of the month on a negative note
ahead of expiry of November derivative contracts. Investors also await second
quarter GDP data and OPEC decision later today.
The 30-share BSE Sensex fell 154.03 points to 33,448.73 and the 50-share
NSE Nifty declined 49 points to 10,312.30, tracking weakness in Asian stocks.
Vedanta, Tech Mahindra, Axis Bank, UltraTech Cement, SBI, Kotak Mahindra
Bank, Adani Ports, Tata Motors and Reliance Industries were early losers.
Sun Pharma, Indiabulls Housing Finance, Bosch, IndusInd Bank, Wipro and
Aurobindo Pharma were early gainers.
Nifty Midcap was down 0.4 percent. Future Retail, McLeod Russel, Balaji
Telefilms, GNA Axles, Indiabulls Real, Puravankara, Delta Corp and Gati were
down 1-4 percent.
TBZ fell 9 percent and Mukta Arts gained 13 percent post earnings.
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