Markets continue downward trend, drop below 18K level

August 20, 2013 10:09 am | Updated November 16, 2021 09:27 pm IST - Mumbai

Brokers said sentiments remained extremely bearish due to heavy selling,  rupee slide and  weakening trend in the global market. File photo

Brokers said sentiments remained extremely bearish due to heavy selling, rupee slide and weakening trend in the global market. File photo

Markets continued to decline for the third day on Tuesday and dropped below 18,000 level to 17,970.98 in late morning trade due to persistent selling pressure from investors amid sustained unloading by foreign funds.

Sharp depreciation of rupee value against the dollar in early trade weakened the market sentiment as the domestic currency breached 64-mark level.

The sensex resumed lower at 18,142.83 and dropped further to a low of 17,970.98 before quoting at 18,167.27 at 1050hrs, showing a loss of 140.25 points or 0.77 per cent from its last close.

The NSE 50-shares Nifty also declined by 41.15 points or 0.76 per cent to 5,373.60 at 1050hrs.

Major losers were Sun Pharma (4.93 pct), M&M (3.55 pct), Tata Motors (3.18 pct), Hero Motocorp (1.91 pct), HDFC (1.85 pct) and Maruti Suzuki (1.77 pct).

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold shares worth a net Rs 680.08 crore yesterday as per provisional data from the stock exchanges.

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