The market ended in red in a choppy trading session. Banking and telecom stocks led the decline. Auto pivotals, Tata Motors and Maruti Udyog drifted lower. L&T; witnessed selling pressure towards the fag end of the trading session. Some of the Reliance group shares tumbled.
European markets, which opened after Indian market, were firm. Asian markets, which opened before Indian market, were mixed.
The 30-share BSE Sensex provisionally lost 151.13 points, or 0.77% to 19,439.65.
The market breadth turned weak in late trading in contrast to a strong breadth earlier during the day. On BSE, 1197 scrips advanced as compared to 1508 that declined while 71 remained unchanged. The breadth turned negative in the last one hour of trades. It was much stronger earlier during the day. 13 of the 30 Sensex stocks were edged higher.
Larsen & Toubro lost 4.25% to Rs 4105, ICICI Bank fell 2.51% to Rs 1239, Maruti Suzuki India dropped 2.18% to Rs 973.70, Satyam Computer fell 2.39 to Rs 452.85 and Tata Motors gave away 2.03% to Rs 725.
Hindalco Industries jumped 4.06% to Rs 191.05, Bajaj Auto moved up 2.63% to Rs 2458, Bharat Heavy Electrical (Bhel) rose 2.54% to Rs 2731, NTPC was up 1.84% Rs 241.15 and Dr Reddys Laboratories grew 1.93% to Rs 613.
Reliance Energy was up 1.45% to Rs 1846. It was the only gainer from the Reliance pack. Reliance Petroleum lost 17.96% to Rs 219.50, Reliance Natural Recources shed 12.49% to Rs 156.25, Reliance Industrial Infrastructure fell 5% to Rs 2388.20, Relaince Communications dropped 4.65% to Rs 743.05, Reliance Capital slipped 4.36% to Rs 1818.80 and Reliance Industries fell 0.37% to Rs 2653.75.
The European markets were firm. Frances CAC 40 was up 0.12% at 5,691.47, Germanys DAX was up 0.48% at 7,844.81 and UKs FTSE 100 rose 0.46% at 6,490.90.
Asian markets were mixed today. Hang Seng was up 1.71% at 29,438.13, Nikkei was down 0.12% at 16,249.63, Taiwan's Taiwan Weighted was down 0.17% at 9,292.80, Singapore's Straits Times was up 0.35% at 3,683.10 and South Korea's Seoul Composite was up 1.91% at 2,054.24.
US stocks crumbled on Monday, 5 November 2007, after Citigroup warned of billions of dollars in loan losses, reigniting fears about the health of financial firms and the broader US economy. Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 51.70 points or 0.38% to 13,543.40. The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite index lost 15.20 points or 0.54% to 2,795.18.
Yesterday, 5 November 2007, the Sensex lost 385.45 points or 1.93% to 19,590.78. The broader based S&P; CNX Nifty was down 85.1 points or 1.43% to 5,847.30.
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