By IANS
Mumbai : The Indian stock market reacted negatively to a hike declared on taxes on short-term capital gains to 15 percent from 10 percent. India’s benchmark index tumbled over 350 points after the announcement by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram during his 2008-09 budget presentation Friday.
There was heavy selling in realty, oil and gas, banking and consumer durables scrips.
The 30-share sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) opened at 17,779.54 points and notched a high of 17,337.46.
It lost 358.42 points or 2.01 percent at 1.09 p.m., trading at 17,466.06 points.
The consumer goods index took a heavy beating with a fall of 445.22, followed by metals at 423.43 points.
Oil and gas suffered badly by a fall of 331.68 points, Bankex came down by 167.43 points and realty by 156.95 points.