Investors’ wealth on Tuesday tumbled over Rs 2 lakh crore amid heavy promoting stress in home equities.
The 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 567.98 factors or 1.02 per cent to settle at 55,107.34.
In tandem with weak equities, the market capitalisation of BSE-listed corporations tumbled by Rs 2,08,291.75 crore to Rs 2,54,33,013.63 crore.
“Investors are in a wait and watch mood ahead of the RBI’s credit policy announcement. The market has simply borne the brunt of unabated FII selling, which continues to desert Indian equities amid weakening rupee and strengthening dollar,” stated Shrikant Chouhan, Head of Equity Research (Retail) at Kotak Securities Ltd.
Titan was the largest laggard within the Sensex pack, falling 4.48 per cent, adopted by Dr Reddy’s, Larsen & Toubro, HUL, Asian Paints, Bajaj Finance, TCS and ICICI Bank.
NTPC, Maruti, M&M, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Industries and Power Grid managed to settle within the inexperienced.
“Markets inched lower and lost a per cent amid mixed cues. Initially, weakness in the global markets was weighing on the sentiment and continued selling in banking, FMCG and IT majors kept the pressure intact till the end. The focus will be on MPC’s meeting outcome on Wednesday,” stated Ajit Mishra, VP – Research at Religare Broking Ltd.
In the broader market, the BSE midcap gauge declined 0.77 per cent and the smallcap index dipped 0.67 per cent.
Among BSE sectoral indices, shopper durables tanked 2.71 per cent, adopted by realty (1.57 per cent), capital items (1.53 per cent), FMCG (1.42 per cent), IT (1.42 per cent), teck (1.32 per cent) and fundamental supplies (1.17 per cent). In distinction, oil & gasoline, vitality, telecom, utilities, auto and energy ended with features.
A complete of two,011 shares declined, whereas 1,286 superior and 121 remained unchanged.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”