NIFTY | SENSEX | BSE closes in red due to bad monsoon

Speculators again sold shares to book profits as all major indian share markets closed terribly down, BSE's SENSEX, NSE's NIFTY closed in red today the detailed BSE closing is as follows :

Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex closed at 15160.24, down 353.79 points or 2.28 per cent. The index touched an intra-day low of 15104 and high of 15501.94.

National Stock Exchange’s Nifty ended at 4481.40, down 104.10 points or 2.27 per cent. The broader index hit a low of 4463.95 and high of 4591.90.

The BSE Midcap Index was down 2.27 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index declined 1.92 per cent.

Amongst the sectoral indices, BSE Auto Index fell 3.87 per cent, BSE Realty Index slipped 3.29 per cent and BSE Bankex declined 2.96 per cent.

Market breadth was negative on the BSE with 1,922 declines and 748 advances.