Sensex drops over 200 points to 36,925, Nifty below 11,100-mark in early trade amid weak Asian cues, surging crude prices
the NSE Nifty declined by 65.50 points, or 0.59 percent, to 11,077.60 after a touching a high of 11,170.15.
Mumbai: The BSE Sensex dropped over 200 points in early trade Monday on increased selling of realty, consumer durables, auto and banking stocks, amid weak Asian cues and surging global crude oil prices.
The depreciating rupee also dampened investor sentiment.
The 30-share index, after opening positive at 36,924.72, quickly succumbed to selling pressure and fell by 210.22 points, or 0.57 percent, to 36,631.38 in early trade. The gauge has lost 1,249.04 points in the previous four sessions.
Similarly, the NSE Nifty declined by 65.50 points, or 0.59 percent, to 11,077.60 after a touching a high of 11,170.15.
Sectoral indices led by realty, consumer durables, auto, banking and healthcare were trading in the negative zone, falling up to 1.66 percent.
Major losers were Bharti Airtel, Maruti Suzuki, Hero MotoCorp, M&M, Kotak Bank, Adani Ports, HDFC, ICICI Bank, Yes Bank, Axis Bank, PowerGrid and IndusInd Bank, shedding up to 2.32 percent.
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Shares of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation rebounded nearly 25 percent to Rs 438.75 after the company stated that it had not defaulted on any bonds or repayment nor had there been any single instance of delay on any of its repayment of any liability.
The company's shares had tumbled 42.43 percent in the previous session on Friday following massive selling over fears of a liquidity crisis.
Brokers said market sentiment remained weak in the absence of any encouraging factor and fresh weakness in the rupee, coupled with rising global crude oil prices, which again went past the $79 per barrel mark.
The rupee depreciated 29 paise to 72.49 against the US dollar at the interbank forex market.
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) bought shares worth a net of Rs 760.70 crore, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) made purchases to the tune of Rs 497.03 crore on Friday, provisional data showed.
Elsewhere in Asia, while Japan and Chinese markets were shut Monday on account of a public holiday, Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 1.29 percent.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, however, gained 0.32 percent to end at record high Friday.
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