Indian Stock indices SENSEX | NIFTY close lower

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The major Indian stock indices which includes Bombay Stock Exchange's 30 component SENSEX and National Stock Exchange's NIFTY index saw a lackluster day. It can be seen that indian markets are getting resistance at these levels.

The main reason for such small decline is shifting of Individual investors to broader index and midcaps and Smallcaps which is quite evident from the fact that BSE Midcap Index was up 0.78 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index moved 1.14 per cent higher. Shares of Fast moving consumer goods, metals and banks were the major losers today. HDFC bank stock price lost over 2.24 percent in day's trade today.

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Coming to sectoral indices performance BSE FMCG Index closed down by 1.12 percent, BSE Metals Index is also down 0.33 percent and BSE Bankex declined 0.30 percent. BSE Power Index was however in green and moved 0.87 percent higher and BSE Auto Index closed up 0.74 percent.

The BSE's Sensex closed at 20,407.71, down 68.02 points from previous day's close. The 30-share benchmark index hit a high of 20,560.54 and low of 20,383.16 during the intraday trading today.

The National Stock Exchange's Nifty also closed at 6,145.80, down 13.65 points. The index touched a high of 6,188.35 and low of 6,118.05.

Other top 5 News coming from Indian stock markets today were following:
1. Micromax Informatics to raise money through IPO soon.
2. Govt to sell 10 percent stake in SCI.
3. HDFCbank raises key lending rate by 25 basis points.
4. RIL to raise $1 billion via bonds.
5. Oberoi Realty IPO at priced at 230-260 per share.

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