Pharma, Auto, bank stocks drag SENSEX down -20/7

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Indian stock markets witnessed a lackluster day today as there was not much at the Dalal Street.
At the end of the day, SENSEX closed down by little over 50 pts and Nifty too closed down. Major decline were in Pharma stocks, Auto stocks and banking stocks.

The details about today's trading are as follows:

Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex closed at 17856.75, down 71.67 points. The index touched intraday high of 18040.17 and low of 17848.07.

National Stock Exchange’s Nifty ended at day’s low of 5353.65, down 32.80 points. The index touched a high of 5416.45 in today’s trade.

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SENSEX Components closing prices for today can be seen here - SENSEX companies stocks updates

BSE Midcap Index was down 0.47 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index moved 0.43 per cent lower.

BSE Healthcare Index declined 0.92 per cent and BSE Auto Index slipped 0.88 per cent higher and BSE Bankex was 0.55 per cent lower. BSE Realty Index moved up.