Sensex cracks over 350 points; Nifty below 10,800
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The benchmark BSE Sensex fell over 350 points in early trade on Tuesday amid rising tension between India and Pakistan, weak Asian cues and selling pressure on banking, power, IT and power counters.
The Sensex was trading 343.20 points, or 0.95 per cent, down at 35,870.18 after touching a low of 35,842.58. The gauge rallied 342 points in Monday’s trade.
The 50-share Nifty also fell 105.45 points, or 0.97 per cent, to 10,774.65.
According to brokers, domestic investor sentiment took a beating after the Pakistan Army on Tuesday alleged that the Indian Air Force violated the Line of Control (LoC) in Muzafarabad sector.
The allegation came amid heightened tension between India and Pakistan after the February 14 suicide attack by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad terror group that killed 40 CRPF soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
The laggards that dragged the key indices include Yes Bank, Hero MotoCorp, Tata Steel, Vedanta, Sun Pharma, ICICI Bank, SBI, RIL, M&M, Kotak Bank, Bajaj Finance, Infosys, NTPC, HDFC, Maruti Suzuki, Bajaj Auto, IndusInd Bank, L&T, PowerGrid, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, Asian Paint, ITC and ONGC, falling by up to 2.38 per cent.
On the other hand, TCS, HUL and Tata Motors rose up to 0.93 per cent.
Most of the BSE sectoral indices were trading in the red, led by banking, power, PSU, realty and IT stocks with losses up to 0.90 per cent.
Fresh round of selling by domestic institutional investors (DIIs) also dampened market sentiment here, brokers said.
Meanwhile, DIIs sold shares worth ₹ 1,764.4 crore, while foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) bought shares worth a net of ₹ 2,134.35 crore on Monday, provisional data showed.
In the Asian region, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was down 0.49 per cent, Japan’s Nikkei fell 0.20 per cent, Taiwan shed 0.14 per cent, Korea’s Kospi shed 0.19 per cent and Singapore Straits Times was down 0.27 per cent in late morning trade Tuesday.
The US Dow Jones Industrial Average, however, ended 0.23 per cent higher on Monday.
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