Mumbai, Oct 7 (Inditop.com) A key Indian equities index turned negative after a strong opening Wednesday as IT and telecom stock came under selling pressure.
Around 1.16 p.m., the sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened higher at 17,069.42 points, was ruling at 16,914.66 points – 43.88 points or 0.26 percent lower than Tuesday’s close of 16,958.54 points. It had opened strong and gained almost 160 points in early trade.
Around the same time, the S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE), too was trading in the red at 5,015.4 points, down 0.24 percent.
Mid-to-small capitalised company scrips were still in favour with buyers, with their representative indices like the BSE midcap index trading 1.67 percent higher and the BSE smallcap index moving up 1.25 percent.
The market breadth was positive, with 1,610 stocks advancing, 986 declining and 98 remaining unchanged.
Among the gainers at this time on the Sensex were: Sterlite, up 5.29 percent at Rs.814.05; Jaiprakash Associates, up 3.38 percent at Rs.238.45; BHEL, up 2.56 percent at Rs.2,479; and Hindalco, up 2.47 percent at Rs.128.40.
Among losers were Maruti Suzuki, down 3.34 percent at Rs.1,544.80; Wipro, down 3.24 percent at Rs.579.30; TCS, down 3.18 percent at Rs.593.75; and Infosys, down 2.63 percent at Rs.2,250.05.
Other Asian markets were in the green.
The Nikkei, a key index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, closed 107.8 points or 1.11 percent higher at 9,799.6 points.
The primary index of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Hang Seng, was ruling 458.34 points or 2.33 percent at 21,296.87 points.
However, the Kospi, benchmark index of the Korean Stock Exchange, was ruling flat at 1,598 points.
