Banking stocks and index heavyweight Infosys led losses for key benchmark indices. At 11:23 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was off 125.19 points or 0.47% at 26,045.40. The Nifty 50 index was currently down 39.40 points or 0.5% at 7,915.50. The Sensex lost 127.73 points or 0.48% at the day's low of 26,041.68 in mid-morning trade, its lowest level since 27 November 2015. Earlier, the barometer index hit its highest level in almost four weeks when it rose 87.01 points or 0.33% at the day's high of 26,256.42 at the onset of the trading session. The Nifty dropped 44.10 points or 0.55% at the day's low of 7,910.80 in mid-morning trade, its lowest level since 27 November 2015. The Nifty hit its highest level in almost four weeks when it rose 24.40 points or 0.3% at the day's high of 7,979.30 in early trade.
The market breadth indicating the overall health of the market turned negative from positive in mid-morning trade. On BSE, 1,289 shares fell and 1,056 shares rose. A total of 119 shares were unchanged. The BSE Mid-Cap index was down 0.31%. The BSE Small-Cap index was down 0.32%. The decline in these indices was lower in percentage terms than the Sensex's fall.
In overseas stock markets, there was lack of a major move on either side among key Asian equities which witnessed a mixed trend. US stocks edged higher yesterday, 1 December 2015, as investors remained optimistic about the November jobs report set to be released at the end of the week despite a weak reading from Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing index which fell to its weakest reading since mid-2009.
Pharma stocks gained on weak rupee. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 0.1%), Aurobindo Pharma (up 0.45%), Cipla (up 0.97%), Lupin (up 0.75%), Dr Reddy's Laboratories (up 1.19%), Divi's Laboratories (up 0.9%), and Cadila Healthcare (up 0.75%) gained. Weakness in rupee could boost sales of pharma companies in rupee terms as pharma firms derive substantial revenue from exports.
In the foreign exchange market, the partially convertible rupee was currently hovering at 66.5875, compared with its close of 66.49 during the previous trading session.
Capital goods stocks dropped. BEML (down 2.27%), Bharat Heavy Electricals (Bhel) (down 1.28%), Havells India (down 1.98%), L&T (down 0.52%), Thermax (down 0.32%), Crompton Greaves (down 0.08%) and Siemens (down 0.33%) declined.
Tata Steel gained 1.72% after the company announced that its subsidiary incorporated in Singapore T S Global Holdings Pte Ltd. (TSGH) has executed agreements worth $1.5 billion for refinancing exiting debt. The new loan facilities comprise of a 5 year loan of $750 million and a 6 year loan of $750 million. The company said that the new loan facilities are at lower cost with extension of the loan tenor.
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