Sensex ends lower on European woes

Indian equities continued to drop for the second day on Tuesday. At the close, the benchmark 30-share index, BSE Sensex lost 163.97 points or 0.98% at 16,617.10. Meanwhile, the broad based NSE Nifty fell by 46.90 points or 0.93% at 4,987.10.
Sensex Movers
ICICI Bank contributed fall of 36.54 points in the Sensex. It was followed by Reliance Industries (30.24 points), Bharti Airtel (16.54 points), Hindalco Industries (14.76 points) and Infosys Technologies (10.53 points).

However, Housing Development Finance Corporation contributed rise of 7.83 points in the Sensex. It was followed by ITC (7.45 points), Tata Power Company (3.82 points), NTPC (2.1 points) and Hindustan Unilever (0.84 points).
Biggest gainers in the 30-share index were Tata Power Company (1.43%), Cipla (0.89%), Housing Development Finance Corporation (0.86%), ITC (0.78%), NTPC (0.50%), and Hindustan Unilever (0.26%).
On the other hand, Hindalco Industries (5.81%), Reliance Communications (4.69%), Bharti Airtel (3.77%), ICICI Bank (3.00%), DLF (2.57%), and Reliance Infrastructure (2.50%) were the major losers in the Sensex.
Mid & Small-cap Space
The BSE Mid and small caps outperformed their larger counterparts declining 0.55% and 0.55% respectively.
The major losers in the BSE Midcap were Aban Offshore (2.33%), Core Projects and Technologies (1.42%), Ackruti City (0.94%), A I A Engineering (0.57%) and Allahabad Bank (0.12%).
The major losers in the BSE Smallcap were Abhishek Industries (4.18%), Action Construction Equipment (3.52%), A B G Shipyard (1.95%), Aarti Industries (0.96%) and A B G Infralogistics (0.92%).
The BSE Smallcap index was at 8468.3 down by 47.06 points or by 0.55%.
The major losers were Abhishek Industries (4.18%), Action Construction Equipment (3.52%), A B G Shipyard (1.95%), Aarti Industries (0.96%) and A B G Infralogistics (0.92%).
Sectors in Limelight
The Realty index was at 2,903.78, down by 76.6 points or by 2.57%. The major losers were Indiabulls Real Estate (3.97%), Housing Development and Infrastructure (3.27%), D L F (2.57%), Ackruti City (0.94%) and Sunteck Realty (0.86%).
The Metal index was at 13,888.55, down by 311.18 points or by 2.19%. The major losers were Hindalco Industries (5.81%), Hindustan Zinc (1.96%), JSW Steel (1.88%), National Aluminium Company (0.99%) and Jindal Steel & Power (0.2%).
The Oil & Gas index was at 9,817.22, down by 137.74 points or by 1.38%. The major losers were Essar Oil (4.12%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation (3.29%), Aban Offshore (2.33%), Cairn India (1.06%) and G A I L (India) (0.78%).
On the other hand, the FMCG index was at 3,067.04, up by 21.04 points or by 0.69%. The major gainers were Godrej Consumer Products (1.91%), Dabur India (1.21%), Colgate-Palmolive (India) (0.87%), I T C (0.78%) and Hindustan Unilever (0.26%).
Market Breadth
Market breadth was negative with 1,151 advances against 1,699 declines.
Value and Volume Toppers
Tata Steel topped the value chart on the BSE with a turnover of Rs. 1,326.12 million. It was followed by Reliance Communications (Rs. 1,176.55 million), State Bank Of India (Rs. 953.45 million) and Sesa Goa (Rs. 934.90 million).
The volume chart was led by Cals Refineries with trades of over 11.38 million shares. It was followed by Spicejet (10.92 million), Rana Sugars (9.28 million) and Reliance Communications (7.02 million).