Mumbai: The BSE Sensex fell nearly 150 points in early trade on Wednesday with a mixed trend in global markets and losses in Reliance Industries, TCS and Infosys. Earlier, the Sensex had seen gains, but important stocks went into losses in the initial deals.
The 30-share index fell 147.95 points, or 0.25 per cent, to 59,933.31 in early trade. Similarly, the Nifty of the National Stock Exchange was trading at 17,774.85, down 30.40 points or 0.17 percent. HCL Tech was the biggest loser of around 2 per cent in the Sensex. After this, shares of Tech Mahindra, Wipro, Infosys, IndusInd Bank, TCS and Reliance come.
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On the other hand, Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, UltraTech Cement, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank were among the gainers. In the previous session, the 30-share BSE Sensex was up by 672.71 points, or 1.14 per cent, at 59,855.93. The Nifty of the National Stock Exchange also closed at 17,805.25, up 179.55 points, or 1.02 per cent.
According to stock market data, foreign institutional investors were net buyers in the capital market on Tuesday and bought shares worth Rs 1,273.86 crore. Meanwhile, international oil benchmark Brent crude was trading 0.39 per cent lower at $79.69 per barrel. (agency)