Sensex falls 124 pts ahead of budget, weak global cues
Team Udayavani, Jan 31, 2018, 10:39 AM IST
Mumbai: The benchmark Sensex dropped below the 36,000-mark by falling over 124 points in early session today as participants trimmed positions ahead of the Union budget amid fresh outflow by foreign funds.
The 30-share index fell by 124.28 points or 0.34 per cent at 35,909.45 in opening session as consumer durables, capital goods, IT, healthcare and teck stocks dropped. The index had dropped 249.52 points in the previous session.
The 50-share NSE Nifty was trading lower by 38.95 points, or 0.35 per cent, at 11,010.70. Sentiment turned cautious as investors preferred to reduce their positions ahead of the Union budget to be presented tomorrow.
Foreign funds sold shares worth Rs 105.56 crore, while domestic institutional investors offloaded equities worth Rs 281.65 crore yesterday, provisional data showed. A weak trend in Asia coupled with a overnight sell-off on the Wall Street dampened the sentiment here, traders added.
In the Asian region, Japan’s Nikkei was down 0.11 per cent, Shanghai Composite Index shed 0.10 per cent, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 0.03 per cent in early deals. The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended sharply lower by 1.37 per cent yesterday.
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