Sensex down over 80 points early afternoon

By IANS,

Mumbai : Indian equities markets continued to trade in negative zone early Tuesday afternoon due to sustained selling pressure across key sectors. The realty sector was the worst hit.

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At 1.00 p.m., the 30-share benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the Sensex, was down 80.80 points or 0.46 percent to 17,410.10. It had hit a high of 17,502.15 in early trade. At the day’s low it touched 17,339.52 points.

At the same time the broader based S&P CNX Nifty was down by 19.50 points or 0.38 percent to 5,172.75.

On BSE, 1,047 shares advanced, 1,483 declined and 76 remained unchanged.