Market: Indices

16 August 2007

All the BSE sector indices were in deep red ranging between 3-5%. Banking, relaty and metal stocks are the worst hit space today. All the Sensex and Nifty stocks are in red.

Top losers on the indices were Tata Steel & Sterlite down over 8%, Bharti Airtel down & VSNL down over 6% and BHEL & ICICI Bank down 5% each.

Sensex was down 642.70 points or 4.28% at 14358.21, and the Nifty down 191.60 points or 4.38% at 4178.60.

About 979 shares have advanced, 1971 shares declined, and 51 shares are unchanged.

The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 7,797.26 down 3%.

The BSE Midcap Index ended at 6,352.44 down 3%.