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Sensex tumbles as bomb blasts rock Mumbai
Mumbai, Aug 25: Share values crashed across the board around mid session on the Mumbai Stock Exchange as news of a series of explosions having rocked the city filtered in this afternoon.
Mumbai, Aug 25: Share values crashed across the board around mid session on the Mumbai Stock Exchange as news of a series of explosions having rocked the city filtered in this afternoon.
From the intra-day's high of 4170.58, the BSE sensitive index tumbled to 3945.45 before being quoted at 3950.64 at 2 p.m.
All 30 index-based counters including heavyweights RIL, HLL, Infosys Tech, Bhel, Grasim, HPCL, SBI, ITC, L&T, Satyam Computers, Telco and Tisco were quoted sharply lower.
Operators turned heavy sellers as the news filtered in, a broker said.
Among major losers, Zee Tele was quoted down by 15.09 per
cent, Sail by 9.74 per cent, ACC by 7.30 per cent, BPCL by 6.33 per cent, Bhel by 6.08 per cent, RIL by 2.57 per cent and HLL by 2.98 per cent.
Bureau Report