RIL, Bharti Airtel Drag Sensex, Nifty For Second Day
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Indian equity benchmarks fell for second straight day dragged down by index heavyweights Bharti Airtel, Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank and Tata Motors.
The S&P BSE Sensex fell 0.46 percent to 33,218.81 and the NSE Nifty 50 Index declined 0.45 percent to 10,303. The losses were broad-based as the S&P BSE MidCap Index declined 0.77 percent and the S&P BSE SmallCap Index fell 0.96 percent.
Seventeen out of 19 sector gauges compiled by BSE ended lower led by the S&P BSE Metal Index’s 1.55 percent drop. On the other hand, the S&P BSE Information Technology Index was the top sectoral gainer, up 0.4 percent.
Source: Bloomberg
