SENSEX NIFTY closes in deep red today

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Benchmark Indian Stock indices including Bombay Stock Exchange's SENSEX and National Stock Exchange's NIFTY closed down by nearly two percent today.

BSE's SENSEX closed down 286.59 points at 15,864.86, 23 of its components closed in red. The large-cap most watched indian index touched low of 15,745.43 points during day trade today. Today's fall pulls SENSEX down to 5 month lows.

The 50-share broader index NSE's NIFTY closed by 77.35 points at 4,772.15 with majority of the components in deep red. SBI remained worst hit stock after Moody's degraded it's ranking to D+ from C-.

Indian Stock markets highlights for today:

NSE Updates

Top Losers	Top Gainers	Most Active stocks
ICICIBANK	MARUTI	SBI
TATAMOTORS	L&T	PRAKASHCON
M&M	WIPRO	ICICIBANK

BSE Updates

Top Losers	Top Gainers	Most Active stocks
COALINDIA	MARUTI	Prakash
ICICIBANK	L&T	SBI
TATAMOTORS	WIPRO	RELIANCE

SENSEX Company closing rates for today:

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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.

Bulls at SENSEX for 6th straight quarter

Indian Stock Markets are on a bullish streak with major indices trading in green now for sixth straight quarter, A feat which is longest in past 20 years of BSE's trading history.For the quarter ended June, the 30-share BSE index outperformed the MSCI's measure of Asian shares other than Japan which shed nearly 9 percent.

Foreign funds have pumped in $6.7 billion in Indian equities so far in 2010, after investing a record $17.5 billion in 2009. The BSE index may rise to 19,000 points by end-2010, the median estimate in a Reuters poll of 20 market participants showed, while 17 forecast it rising to 21,000 by end-June 2011.