Mumbai, July 13 (Inditop.com) A key index of the Indian equities markets was trying to make up for its losses Monday afternoon, but was still more than 137 points below its last closing figure.

It had fallen 284 points around noon.

At 2.07 p.m., the benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the Sensex, which opened at 13,405.95 points, was trading at 13,366.71, which was 137.51 points or 1.02 percent below Friday’s close.

Around the same time, the Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also ruling 1.08 percent lower at 3,960.65 points.

Broader market indices were under pressure too, with the BSE midcap index down 3.23 percent and the BSE smallcap index trading 3.7 percent lower.