While the Indian stock market closed yesterday with a bullish trend, today started with a bearish trend. Sensex opened 200 points and Nifty lower.
The BSE Sensex lost 191.79 points to close at 60,595.76. It was a decline of 0.33 percent in total trade.
Similarly, the national stock market index Nifty fell 47.65 points to close at 17,845.80 points. It was a decline of 0.39 percent in total trade.
Among the top 30 benchmark stocks on the Sensex, only 8 companies saw gains. Shares of the remaining 22 companies were in decline.
Shares of HCL declined the most by 2.09 percent. It was followed by Tata Steel by 1.66 percent, Reliance by 1.13 percent, Wipro by 0.89 percent and Tata Motors by 0.78 percent.
Bajan Pinserve shares have opened higher. After that, shares of Bajaj Finance, SBI, M&M, L&T and Power Grid have risen.