SENSEX down | NIFTY below 5550 for second day

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Benchmark Indian stock indices like Bombay stock exchange's SENSEX and national Stock exchange's NIFTY closed down today, The 0.5 percent interest rate hike by RBI and US Economy degradation played spoilsport for second day. Most of the global stock markets are down.

Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex closed at 18430.20, down 88.02 points. The 30-share large-cap index touched intraday low of 18358.76 today.

National Stock Exchange’s Nifty ended at 5545.70, down 29.15 points or 0.52 per cent. The broader index touched a high of 5591.70 and low of 5521.50 in trade today.

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BSE Midcap Index however closed up by 0.27 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index moved higher 0.01 percent.

Performance of sectoral indices at BSE are as following:

Symbol	Name	Last Trade	Change
BSE-AUTO.BO	AUTO INDEX	8,779.32	10.46 (0.12%)
BSE-BANK.BO	BANKEX	12,562.56	131.49 (1.04%)
BSE-100.BO	BSE - 100	9,687.84	38.28 (0.39%)
BSE-200.BO	BSE - 200	2,292.77	8.29 (0.36%)
BSE-500.BO	BSE - 500	7,223.30	22.01 (0.30%)
BSE-CD.BO	BSE - CONS. DURABLES	6,816.10	97.84 (1.46%)
BSE-FMCG.BO	BSE - FMCG	4,024.75	11.25 (0.28%)
BSE-HC.BO	BSE - HEALTHCARE	6,454.88	0.25 (0.00%)
BSE-IT.BO	BSE - INFOTECH	5,913.87	14.64 (0.25%)
BSE-MIDCAP.BO	BSE Mid-Cap	7,024.48	15.87 (0.23%)
^BSESN	BSE SENSEX	18,432.25	85.97 (0.46%)
BSE-SMLCAP.BO	BSE Small-Cap	8,440.11	2.43 (0.03%)
BSE-TECK.BO	BSE TECk INDEX	3,670.54	5.20 (0.14%)
BSE-METAL.BO	METAL INDEX	14,665.43	78.50 (0.53%)
BSE-OILGAS.BO	OIL & GAS INDEX	9,052.60	72.62 (0.80%)

Top 5 losers at NIFTY were following:
1. BHEL
2. Punjab National Bank
3. Jaiprakash Associates
4. Hindalco Industries
5. Siemens

Top 5 gainers at NIFTY were following:

1. Maruti
2. Sesa Goa
3. DLF
4. Reliance Communications
5. Bharti Airtel

SENSEX companies closing prices for today are as follow:

Company Name	Industry	Last Price	Change	%Chg	Mkt Cap(Rs cr)	Weight
Bajaj Auto	Auto - 2 & 3 Wheelers	1,435.05	11.30	0.79	41,525.61	1.48
Bharti Airtel	Telecommunications - Service	429.75	5.60	1.32	163,198.86	5.84
BHEL	Engineering - Heavy	1,824.90	-83.90	-4.40	89,332.50	3.19
Cipla	Pharmaceuticals	311.30	-0.35	-0.11	24,994.94	0.89
DLF	Construction & Contracting - Real Estate	236.60	3.00	1.28	40,164.55	1.44
HDFC	Finance - Housing	703.30	9.20	1.33	103,402.68	3.70
HDFC Bank	Banks - Private Sector	501.85	4.00	0.80	117,124.55	4.19
Hero Honda	Auto - 2 & 3 Wheelers	1,802.15	-16.10	-0.89	35,986.68	1.29
Hindalco	Aluminium	173.05	-4.75	-2.67	33,129.03	1.18
HUL	Personal Care	325.90	-1.60	-0.49	70,416.68	2.52
ICICI Bank	Banks - Private Sector	1,024.75	-15.85	-1.52	118,064.46	4.22
Infosys	Computers - Software	2,796.05	-3.55	-0.13	160,545.75	5.74
ITC	Cigarettes	200.80	-0.10	-0.05	155,522.04	5.56
Jaiprakash Asso	Construction & Contracting - Civil	72.35	-2.45	-3.28	15,384.74	0.55
Jindal Steel	Steel - Sponge Iron	631.45	2.20	0.35	59,009.61	2.11
Larsen	Engineering - Heavy	1,756.75	-24.55	-1.38	107,165.83	3.83
Mah and Mah	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	716.85	0.15	0.02	44,012.79	1.57
Maruti Suzuki	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	1,206.45	28.50	2.42	34,855.55	1.25
NTPC	Power - Generation/Distribution	180.35	-0.10	-0.06	148,706.95	5.32
ONGC	Oil Drilling And Exploration	276.40	-0.20	-0.07	236,473.75	8.45
Reliance	Refineries	860.70	-10.45	-1.20	281,776.97	10.07
Reliance Comm	Telecommunications - Service	103.15	1.60	1.58	21,290.44	0.76
Reliance Infra	Power - Generation/Distribution	564.35	-10.20	-1.78	15,091.86	0.54
SBI	Banks - Public Sector	2,403.30	-38.50	-1.58	152,609.31	5.46
Sterlite Ind	Metals - Non Ferrous	167.95	-0.25	-0.15	56,451.48	2.02
Tata Motors	Auto - LCVs/HCVs	956.80	-16.35	-1.68	61,016.09	2.18
Tata Power	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,296.25	-2.35	-0.18	30,760.95	1.10
Tata Steel	Steel - Large	579.70	-3.85	-0.66	55,605.66	1.99
TCS	Computers - Software	1,146.05	2.25	0.20	224,307.31	8.02
Wipro	Computers - Software	403.15	-6.40	-1.56	98,949.50	3.54

Rising uncertainity in global markets, double dip recession, fear of Europe economy collapse are all bringing the bearish sentiments in Indian stocks markets also, For coming couple of days too Markets would remain down and until we get some clear picture of US economy, things are looking very dark for Indian stock markets.