Sensex falls 145 points, Nifty at 10,600

New Delhi: Markets ended in the negative territory for the ninth straight day on Tuesday despite having a good start today.

The BSE Sensex jumped 145.83 points or 0.41 percent to 35,352.61 while the NSE Nifty dropped 36.60 points or 0.34 percent to 10,604.35.

TCS, Infosys, NTPC, IndusInd Bank, Hero MotoCorp, HDFC, Bajaj Auto, HCL Tech, HUL, Maruti and PowerGrid, top losers in the Sensex pack, falling up to 3.39 percent. On the other hand, Vedanta, ICICI Bank, ONGC, M&M, L&T, Tata Steel, SBI, Bajaj Finance, Bharti Airtel and ITC were among the gainers, rising up to 3.38 percent.

FIIs sold shares worth a net Rs 1,239.79 crore, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) were net buyers to the tune of Rs 2,336.74 crore on Monday, provisional data available with BSE showed.

With PTI Inputs