Weakness persisted on the bourses in mid-morning trade. At 11:27 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was down 108.68 points or 0.29% at 37,915.69. The Nifty 50 index was down 37.50 points or 0.33% at 11,433.20. Metal and mining stocks fell.
The Sensex was trading below the psychological 38,000 level after falling below that level in early trade. Stocks edged lower in early trade, with the Sensex falling below the psychological 38,000 level tracking mostly negative Asian stocks. Key benchmark indices continued to trade lower in morning trade.
The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index was off 0.33%. The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was off 0.32%. Both these indices outperformed the Sensex.
The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, was negative. On the BSE, 975 shares rose and 1307 shares fell. A total of 107 shares were unchanged.
Coal India (down 2.43%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (down 2.41%), ICICI Bank (down 2.06%), Tata Motors (down 1.4%) and NTPC (down 0.94%) edged lower from the Sensex pack.
Metal and mining stocks fell. Vedanta (down 1.21%), JSW Steel (down 0.89%), Tata Steel (down 0.79%), Steel Authority of India (Sail) (down 1.24%), National Aluminium Company (down 1.04%), Hindustan Zinc (down 1.03%) and Jindal Steel & Power (down 1.68%) edged lower. NMDC (up 0.42%) and Hindustan Copper (up 2.04%) rose.
Hindalco Industries fell 0.24% ahead of its April-June 2018 result today, 10 August 2018.
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