New Delhi: Equity benchmark indices traded lower during early hours on Thursday following weak global cues amid concerns about rising coronavirus cases and extension of lockdown measures in some countries.<\/p>\n
At 10:15 am, the BSE S&P Sensex was down by 387 points or 0.79 per cent at 48,793 while the Nifty 50 edged lower by 107 points or 0.68 per cent to 14,442.<\/p>\n
All sectoral indices at the National Stock Exchange were in the negative zone. Nifty PSU bank dipped by 2 per cent while Nifty realty was down by 1.8 per cent, IT by 1.4 per cent and auto by 1.2 per cent.<\/p>\n
Among stocks, Eicher Motors lost by 2.1 per cent to Rs 2,603.70 per share while Tata Motors fell by 2.2 per cent to Rs 287.90 per unit.<\/p>\n
State Bank of India cracked by 1.5 per cent, IndusInd Bank by 1.6 per cent, Bajaj Finance by 1.8 per cent and Kotak Mahindra Bank by 1.9 per cent.<\/p>\n
However, those which gained marginally were Tata Steel, JSW Steel, ONGC, GAIL and Cipla.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Asian equities bounced between gains and losses as a selloff in Chinese technology shares due to concerns they will be de-listed from US bourses and worries about a semiconductor shortage rattled some investors.<\/p>\n
MSCI\u2019s broadest index of Asia Pacific shares outside Japan rose by 0.1 per cent. Hong Kong shares fell sharply at the open but then trimmed their losses to a 0.18 per cent decline.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Japanese stocks rose by 0.71 per cent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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