Today market has opned positive on global cues but the indices didnt remain long in positive territorry due to profir booking. Europes positive opening doesnt create charm to the markets.
Metals, Banknigand IT were the biggest losers intodays session while Pharma's auto and oil gas provided some support to the market.
The Sensex closed at 16146, down 139 points from its previous close, and Nifty closed at 4840 down at 49 points.
The CNX Midcap Index lost 1% while the BSE Smallcap Index closed with 0.8% loss.
The market Breadth was -Ve with advances at 456 against declines of 975 on the NSE.
The top Nifty gainers were DLF, Ambuja cements, Rcom, and Tatamotors while the biggest losersincluded JP Associates, SAIL , HCL Tech and Jindal Steel.