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Sensex heads for second straight fall; Reliance slips

PTI | By, Mumbai
Apr 25, 2016 06:27 PM IST

The Sensex fell for a second consecutive session on Monday as worries about increased capex hit heavyweight Reliance Industries, while Cairn India was hit after posting a quarterly loss.

Market benchmark Sensex hit a bump for the second consecutive day as it tumbled by over 159 points to 25,679 on account of profit-booking amid weak global cues ahead of two key central bank meetings.

The Sensex recovered 52.89 points, or 0.20%, at 25,891.03, with capital goods, technology, realty, IT and banking sectors supporting the upside.(PTI File Photo)
The Sensex recovered 52.89 points, or 0.20%, at 25,891.03, with capital goods, technology, realty, IT and banking sectors supporting the upside.(PTI File Photo)

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Caution set in as the second part of Parliament’s Budget session got under way today, with concerns persisting over passage of proposed Bills and focus shifting to the key Goods and Services Tax Bill, which is dubbed as the country’s biggest indirect tax reform since Independence.

Investors also remained on tenterhooks as derivatives contracts are set to expire this Thursday.

The 30-share index opened higher and climbed further before profit-booking surfaced and pulled it down to 25,678.93 at the close, a loss of 159.21 points, or 0.62%.

The barometer had lost 42.24 points in the previous session.

The 50-share NSE Nifty settled lower by 44.25 points, or 0.56%, at 7,855.05. Intra-day, it shuttled between 7,911 and 7,827.

Sentiment remained off-colour as Asian and European shares turned weak after investors moved cautiously ahead of policy meetings of the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan this week.

The rupee lost its heft against the dollar as it fell 27 paise to 66.75 (intra-day), which weighed on mood.

Of the 30-share Sensex pack, 20 lost while 10 ended higher.

RIL dropped 2.18% despite the company reporting a 16 per cent jump in its net profit since there is no clarity on launch of its Jio service and the company said it’s going to increase its capex and spending.

Maruti Suzuki, ONGC, NTPC, Tata Steel, HDFC Ltd, BHEL, ITC Ltd, Sun Pharma and Tata Motors all fell.

Bharti Airtel broke from the crowd, topped the gainers’ list by climbing 1.63 per cent after the company said its board will consider share buyback or a final dividend, or a combination of both, at its meeting on Wednesday.

TCS, Bajaj Auto, Hindustan Unilver, M&M, Adani Ports, and ICICI Bank, ended higher, cushioning the fall.

Cairn India tumbled 4.13% after the company suffered its biggest quarterly loss of Rs 10,948 crore in the March quarter following an impairment charge.

Sectorally, BSE power index took the biggest knock, falling 1.43%, followed by metal 1.06% and infrastructure 1.05%.

Tracking the overall trend, the broader markets witnessed selling, with the small-cap index declining 0.39% and mid-cap shedding 0.14%.

Foreign investors net purchased shares worth Rs 191.07 crore on Friday, provisional data showed.

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