Meltdown continues at Indian capital markets

By IANS

Mumbai : Weak global trends negatively impacted Indian stock markets and a key index tumbled a further 182 points Tuesday.


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The 30-share sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) closed at 19,079.64 points, down by 181.71 points or 0.94 percent.

The broader 50-share S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) closed at 5,742.30 points, down by 34.7 points or 0.60 percent.

The BSE metal index crashed by a further 247 points, BSE capital goods index lost 226 points while BSE Bankex lost 155 points.

Tata Power, Hindustan Lever, Sterilite, L&T, ICICI Bank, VSNL, Unitech, HDFC, Reliance and PNB were among the top losers at NSE Tuesday.

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