FIIs were net sellers with the tune of ` 14.8 crore (prov. cash market fig.)
The BSE Sensex was down 114.63 points or 0.62% to 18,494.18. The Sensex shed 68.14 points at the day's high of 18,540.67 in early afternoon trade. The index fell 218.24 points at the day's low of 18,390.57 in early trade. The S&P CNX Nifty was down 41.65 points or 0.74% to 5,550.35. The BSE Mid-Cap index fell 0.68% and the BSE Small-Cap index declined 0.78%. Both of these indices underperformed the Sensex.
The market breadth was weak. On BSE, 1,679 shares declined while 1,153 shares advanced. A total of 119 shares remained unchanged. Among the 30-member Sensex pack, 21 stocks declined while rest of them gained.
BSE clocked turnover of ` 2868 crore, higher than ` 2711.85 on Wednesday, 1 June 2011.
FOR TODAY: EU markets were closed in RED yesterday while US markets were closed with mixed trend. Asian markets are trading today morning with mixed. SGX Nifty is trading at 5552 (at 8,55 am), down 11 points indicating that Nifty may open flat to negative.
THE RANGE FOR TODAY WILL BE PROBABLY 5520 AND 5611.
THE RANGE FOR TODAY WILL BE PROBABLY 5520 AND 5611.