Friday, December 18, 2015

Sensex down 100 points in early trade on profit-booking

BAI: The benchmark BSE sensex fell by over 100 points in early trade on Friday due to profit-booking by investors after recent gains amid weak cues from Asian markets.

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The 30-share barometer fell by 100.77 points or 0.39% to 25,703.01, with indices — IT, auto, consumer durable, metal and bank — leading the fall.

The index had gained 759.35 points in the last four sessions.

Also, the NSE Nifty was trading lower by 35.10 points or 0.44% at 7,809.35.Brokers said that apart from profit-booking in recent gainers, weak trend at other Asian bourses, tracking overnight losses at the US markets, mainly influenced the sentiment.


In the Asian region, Hong Kong's Hang Seng was quoting lower by 0.23% and Shanghai Composite was down 0.12% in early trade. Japan's Nikkei shed 0.24%.

Source - TOI

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