Mumbai: The BSE Sensex on Wednesday dropped by 599.64 pts to settle at 39,922.46 on selling in Finance, Bankex, Realty and Metal stocks amid negative global peers. The Nifty of national stock exchange too fell by 159.80 points at 11,729.60. Surging by 376 pts on Tuesday, the day opened on a positive note at 40,664.35 up by 142 pts and remained days high. Later, the Sensex nosedived nearly 784 pts to 39,774.60 days low before closing at 39,922.46, sliding by 599.64 pts from its previous close. UNI
The Sensex registered days high and low at 40,664.35 and 39,774.60 points respectively.
The Nifty recorded days high and low at 11,929.40 and 11,684.85 points respectively.
The sectoral indices like Finance, Bankex, Realty, Metal and Materials dragged the market. In scrips, Indusind Bank, HDFC, ICICI Bank, Tech Mahindra and Bajaj finance slipped during the session.
The Mid Cap fell by 0.93 pc and Small Cap by 0.76 pc. In 30 scrips, 26 declined while 4 advanced.