By IANS,
Mumbai : A benchmark index of Indian equities Thursday slipped further in noon trade and was ruling 75 points lower, joining other sombre Asian markets.
The 30-share sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), opened at 19,931.49 points, was ruling at 19,881.06 points, down 75.28 points or 0.38 percent from its previous close at 19,956.34 points.
At the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the 50-share S&P CNX Nifty was ruling at 5,973.05 points, down 0.3 percent.
Broader markets were also dull. The BSE midcap was 0.58 percent down and the BSE smallcap index 0.15 percent lower.
The market breadth was negative with 1,033 scrips advancing, compared to 1,730 stocks declining and 88 remaining unchanged.
Energy, PSU and auto stocks bore brunt of the selling pressure. All 13 sectoral indices on the BSE were in the red.
Other Asian markets were trading in the red over worries of the European debt and street protests in Euro zone countries over austerity measures put in place by their governments.
The Japan’s Nikkei was ruling 1.99 percent lower at 9,369.35 points.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was down 0.28 percent at 22,316.98 points. However, the Chinese Shanghai Composite index was trading 1.54 percent higher at 2,650.83 points.