Markets fall on profit booking; Sensex closes at 32,309

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28 July 2017

16:22 PM IST

Among others, ICICI Bank fell by 3.6 percent after its quarterly results failed to enthuse investors. Hero MotoCorp, Axis Bank and Hindustan Unilever also fell.

On a weekly basis, the Sensex climbed 280.99 points, or 0.87 percent, while the Nifty gained 99.25 points, or 1 percent.

16:22 PM IST

The 50-share index had dropped below the 10,000 mark to hit a day's low of 9,944.50 as pharma stocks such as Dr Reddy's, Lupin and Sun Pharma fell up to 6 percent intra day.

16:21 PM IST

The broader NSE Nifty fell by 6.05 points, or 0.06 percent, to close at 10,014.50 as 29 index constituents declined.

16:21 PM IST

The 30-share index closed at 32,309.88, down by 73.42 points, or 0.23 percent.

16:21 PM IST

The benchmark BSE Sensex on Friday fell by 73 points as investors booked profits in pharma, banking and auto stocks after disappointing financial results.

10:03 AM IST

Shares of country's largest private sector lender ICICI Bank were down 1.71 percent to Rs 301.80 even as the company yesterday reported a marginal rise of 3.5 percent in consolidated net profit for the first quarter of the current fiscal.

10:03 AM IST

Dr Reddy's remained biggest the loser among Sensex components by slumping 5.13 percent to Rs 2,487 after the company yesterday reported over 57 percent drop in net profit.

10:03 AM IST

The laggards that pulled down the indices were Lupin, Hindustan Unilever, Sun Pharma, ONGC, TCS, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Industries, Bajaj Auto, Tata Steel and HDFC Bank.

10:03 AM IST

Metal, healthcare, bank, realty, technology, auto, power and IT stocks were trading in the negative zone, down by up to 0.88 percent.

09:47 AM IST

The rupee fell by 11 paise to 64.22 against the US dollar at the Interbank Foreign Exchange on month-end dollar demand from importers and banks.

Yesterday, the rupee had staged an incredible comeback after its three session listless trade and gained 26 paise to end at fresh two-and-a-half month high of 64.11 a dollar.

09:46 AM IST

The Sensex touched a high of 32,381.36 points and a low of 32,193.63 points in the trade so far.

09:45 AM IST

The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading 35.25 points or 0.35 percent lower at 9,985.30 points.

09:44 AM IST

The BSE Sensex, which opened at 32,381.36 points, was trading at 32,258.82 points at 9.18 a.m. in the early session, lower 124.48 points or 0.38 percent from Thursday`s close at 32,383.30 points.

09:43 AM IST

Markets opened in the red on Friday following global cues. The Sensex slumped almost 190 points to 32,193.63 and the NSE Nifty cracked below the 10,000-mark in early trade.