Benchmark indices fell sharply on Monday, with the Sensex and Nifty tumbling nearly 2 per cent each amid weak global market trends and foreign fund outflows.<\/p>\n
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Photograph: Danish Siddiqui\/Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n Falling for the fourth straight day, the 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 953.70 points or 1.64 per cent to settle at 57,145.22.<\/p>\n During the day, it plummeted 1,060.68 points or 1.82 per cent to 57,038.24.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The NSE Nifty fell 311.05 points or 1.80 per cent to end at 17,016.30.<\/p>\n Among the 30-share Sensex pack, Maruti, Tata Steel, ITC, Bajaj Finance, Axis Bank, NTPC, Mahindra & Mahindra and IndusInd Bank were the major laggards.<\/p>\n HCL Technologies, Infosys, Asian Paints, TCS, UltraTech Cement, Wipro and Nestle were the gainers.<\/p>\n Elsewhere in Asia, markets in Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong ended sharply lower.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the international oil benchmark Brent crude slipped 0.75 per cent to $85.50 per barrel.<\/p>\n Foreign institutional investors offloaded shares worth a net Rs 2,899.68 crore on Friday, according to data available with BSE.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n<\/p>\n News From This Website <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"