Indian Stock Markets | SENSEX | NIFTY closes in red

All the major Indian stock indices remained in red throughout the trading day and finally closed in red to because of global cues and China, Metals and Auto companies stock were hit the most during intraday trading. Market breadth was negative on the BSE with 743 declines against 559 advances.

The 30 share benchmark index Sensex closed at 17503.33, down by 197.57 points compared to previous close. National Stock Exchange’s Nifty also followed and closed at 5249.20, down by over 63.30 points.

BSE Midcap Index was down 0.44 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index was up 0.10 per cent.

Amongst the sectoral indices, BSE Metal Index was down 1.71 per cent, BSE Realty Index fell 1.40 per cent and BSE Auto Index slipped 1.37 per cent.