Market Update: Sensex Falls To One-Week Low, IT Stocks Fall Ahead Of TCS Results
By PTI
Other losers at the Sensex included Hero MotoCorp at 3.76 per cent, Sun Pharma at 2.60 per cent, Cipla 2.18, L&T 2 per cent, Dr Reddy's 1.92 per cent, Sesa Sterlite 1.50 and ITC 1.21 per cent.
Shares of state-run oil marketing companies also saw selling pressure following a cut in petrol and diesel prices.
Indian Oil fell by 2.32 per cent, HPCL by 0.37 per cent and BPCL by 0.37 per cent.
On 30-share Sensex, 19 stocks closed with losses.
Sectorwise, the rate-sensitive realty index suffered the most by losing 2.30 per cent followed by capital goods at 1.56 per cent.
Selling was also spread in the broader markets with the BSE smallcap and midcap indices falling up to 0.91 per cent.
Meanwhile, Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) bought shares worth Rs 108 crore on Wednesday, as per provisional data.
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