The Nifty extended intraday losses and closed above
intermediate support of 6,200 mark as institutional investors stayed away from
'expensive' largecap stocks after the recent rally.
The 50-share index ended at 6,214.50, down 38.65 points or
0.62 per cent. It touched a high of 6,269.70 and a low of 6,208.70 in trade
today.
The S&P BSE Sensex closed at 20,889.06, down 85.73
points or 0.41 per cent. It touched a high of 21,045.38 and a low of 20,861.42
in trade today.
The S&P BSE Midcap Index was down 0.17 per cent and the
S&P BSE Smallcap Index gained 0.76 per cent.
Among the sectoral indices, the S&P BSE Realty Index was
down 2.01 per cent, the S&P BSE Bankex was 1.97 per cent lower and the
S&P BSE Metal Index slipped 1.31 per cent.
HDFC Bank has hiked its base rate to 10 percent which will
push up the equated monthly installments (EMIs) of home loan borrowers. Other
banks are likely to follow suit.
The S&P BSE IT Index was up 1.46 per cent, the S&P
BSE Power Index gained 1.12 per cent and S&P BSE Healthcare Index was 0.92
per cent higher.
The market breadth was positive on the NSE with 633 gainers
against 544 losers.
The foreign institutional investors bought shares worth Rs
162.53 crore while domestic institutional investors were net sellers worth Rs
683.96 crore on Tuesday as per the provisional data from the National Stock
Exchange.
BSE Top Gainers:
NTPC, TCS, Sun Pharma, Infosys, Coal India, Cipla, Tata
Power, Hero Motocorp, Wipro, GAIL, ITC
NSE Top Gainers:
NTPC, TCS, Ranbaxy Labs, Infosys, Power Grid Corp, Cipla, Coal
India, Asian Paints, Tata Power, Hero Motocorp, Wipro
BSE Top Losers:
SBI,
Sesa Sterlite, Jindal Steel, Hindalco, HDFC Bank, HDFC, Tata Steel, ICICI Bank,
BHEL, HUL, Bharti Airtel, Reliance, Tata Motors, M&M, Bajaj Auto, ONGC, Larsen,
Maruti Suzuki, GAIL, Dr Reddys Labs
NSE Top
Losers
:
PNB, SBI, Jaiprakash Asso, Bank of Baroda, DLF, Ambuja Cements, NMDC, IndusInd Bank, Sesa Sterlite, ACC, HDFC, Hindalco, Jindal Steel, Kotak Mahindra, Tata Steel, IDFC, HCL Tech, Grasim, ICICI Bank, BHEL, HUL, Cairn India, Reliance, Axis Bank, Bharti Airtel, HDFC Bank, Tata Motors, BPCL, M&M, Bajaj Auto, ONGC, Maruti Suzuki, Larsen, Dr Reddys Labs, UltraTechCement, GAIL, ITC, Lupin