Sensex, Nifty fall in early trade on weak global trends
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Benchmark equity indices declined in early trade on Monday, August 14, 2023 falling for the third day running, amid weak global market trends and fresh foreign fund outflows.
Caution also prevailed in the market ahead of announcement of wholesale and retail inflation numbers for July later in the day.
The 30-share BSE Sensex fell 461.48 points to 64,861.17. The NSE Nifty declined 154.1 points to 19,274.20.
From the Sensex pack, Tata Motors, State Bank of India, JSW Steel, Bajaj Finance, Tata Steel, Bajaj Finserv, Tech Mahindra, Power Grid, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Consultancy Services, HCL Technologies and HDFC Bank were the major laggards.
Sun Pharma and Nestle were the gainers.
The US markets ended mostly lower on Friday.
Global oil benchmark, Brent crude, declined 0.85 per cent to $86.07 a barrel.
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