MUMBAI: Amid negative cues from the international markets, the stock market declined today due to selling in groups like Oil & Gas, Utility, Metals, IT, Power and Banking at the domestic level. The 30-share Sensex Sensex of BSE Falling 282.63 points to 52306.08 points and National Stock Exchange (NSE) Nifty down 50.80 points to 15686.95 points. Like the sell-off in big companies, profit-booking was seen in small and medium companies too, due to which BSE Midcap fell 0.26 per cent to 22434.65 points and Small Cap fell 0.43 per cent to 24952.62 points. Most of the groups included in the BSE registered a decline, which included Oil & Gas 1.21 percent, Utilities 1.18 percent, Metals 1.05 percent, Energy 0.97 percent, Tech 0.86 percent, IT 0.83 percent, Power 0.77 percent, Banking 0.62 percent and Finance 0.50 percent. . The leading groups included auto 0.49 per cent and CG 0.89 per cent. A mixed trend was observed in the international markets. Britain’s FTSE rose 0.38 per cent, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng by 1.79 per cent and China’s Shanghai Composite gained 0.25 per cent, while Germany’s Dex lost 0.36 per cent and Japan’s Nikkei 0.03 per cent.
Sensex down 283 points Nifty 86 points
