Indian Markets end 3-day rally on profit booking - Microsec

The Indian equity benchmark indices ceased three-day rally on profit booking Tuesday, weighed down by Realty, PSU & Oil & Gas sectors.

Nifty closed at 5857.55 down by 41.30points or 0.70% over the previous day closing of 5898.85 after witnessing a low of 5852.30 and a high of 5898.80. Sensex closed at 19463.82 down by 113.57 points or 0.58% over the previous day closing of 19577.39.It touched an intraday low of 19442.75 and high of 19589.14.

The markets' breadth was negative. Out of 2492 stocks traded 1311 stocks advanced, 1213 stocks declined and 148 stocks remained unchanged. In Sensex, Out of 30 stocks 12 stocks advanced and 18 stocks declined.

Among the sectors, BSE Realty, BSE PSU and BSE Oil & Gas were the main losers of the day which decreased by 1.78%, 1.05% and 1.01% respectively.

In BSE Realty sector, Oberoi Realty, Anantraj and DLF decreased by 3.15%, 3.07% and 3.01% respectively. In BSE PSU sector Hindustan Copper, MMTC and Union Bank declined by 6.62%,4.96% and 4.02% respectively. In BSE Oil & Gas sector Oil India, ONGC and Petronet LNG decreased by 2.02% 1.83% and 1.57% respectively.

Source : Equity Bulls

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