Market on Wednesday | Market extends fall on policy day; Nifty below 24,600, Sensex slips 166 pts
Indian benchmark indices ended lower on second consecutive session on August 6 amid volatility after Reserve Bank of India (RBI) delivered on expected line, keeping key interest rates unchanged with ‘neutral’ stance.
At close, the Sensex was down 166.26 points or 0.21 percent at 80,543.99, and the Nifty was down 75.35 points or 0.31 percent at 24,574.20. The BSE midcap and smallcap indices were down 1 percent each.
Biggest Nifty losers were Wipro, Sun Pharma, Jio Financial, IndusInd Bank, Tech Mahindra, while gainers included Asian Paints, HDFC Life, Trent, Adani Ports and Bharat Electronics.
Except PSU Bank (up 0.6 percent), all other sectoral indices ended in the red with Information Technology, Media, Realty, Pharma, FMCG down 1-2 percent.