Key benchmark indices extended losses and hit fresh intraday low in morning trade as weakness in Asian stocks weighed on sentiment. At 10:25 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was down 166.95 points or 0.51% at 32,309.79. The Nifty 50 index was down 47.30 points or 0.47% at 10,034.20.
The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index fell 0.15%. The S&P BSE Small-Cap index shed 0.44%. The decline in both the indices was lower than the Sensex's fall in percentage terms.
The breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, was weak. On the BSE, 1,272 shares fell and 731 shares rose. A total of 101 shares were unchanged.
Telecom stocks were mixed. Bharti Airtel (up 0.75%), and Idea Cellular (up 1.57%) gained. Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) (down 0.8%) and Reliance Communications (down 2.79%) declined.
Shares of Bharti Infratel gained 0.75%. Bharti Infratel is a provider of tower and related infrastructure and is a unit of Bharti Airtel.
Cement stocks were also mixed. ACC (down 0.44%), Ambuja Cements (down 0.34%), and UltraTech Cement (down 0.07%), declined. Shree Cement rose 0.64%.
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Maruti Suzuki India declined 0.79%. The company announced the introduction of auto gear shift option in top-end alpha trim premium urban compact vehicle-IGNIS. The petrol version is priced at Rs 7.01 lakh while diesel version is priced at Rs 8.08 lakh ex-showroom Delhi. The announcement was made during market hours today, 3 August 2017.
Sical Logistics rose 2.53% after consolidated net profit rose 75.86% to Rs 11.80 crore on 14.40% increase in net sales to Rs 244.76 crore in Q1 June 2017 over Q1 June 2016. The result was announced after market hours yesterday, 2 August 2017.
Bata India rose 4.37% after net profit rose 19.7% to Rs 60.43 crore on 11% increase in net sales to Rs 736.06 crore in Q1 June 2017 over Q1 June 2016. The result was announced after market hours yesterday, 2 August 2017.
Bata India said its focus on lifestyle segment, improved visual merchandising yielded an impressive 10% growth in same store sales and opening of 40 new stores resulted in 15% growth in retail turnover for this quarter. Additional footfalls were generated through various marketing initiatives including the recently launched TV campaign. The company saw a gross margin improvement of 1% through introduction of value added products and change in the product mix.
Bata India also announced the appointment of Sandeep Kataria as Bata India's Country Manager.
On the macro front, Markit Economics will unveil the result of a monthly survey on the performance of India's services sector in July 2017 at 10:30 IST today, 3 August 2017. Nikkei India Services PMI had risen to an eight-month high of 53.1 in June 2017.
Overseas, Asian stocks declined after surging to the highest level in almost 10 years, with investors assessing the strength of company earnings before American labor-market data provides the latest clues on the health of global growth.
China's services sector expanded at a slightly slower pace in July as new business growth eased, a private business survey showed. The Caixin/Markit services purchasing managers' index (PMI) dropped to 51.5 in July from 51.6 in June.
Japan's services sector expanded at a slower pace in July as new orders eased, a private survey showed. The Markit/Nikkei Japan Services PMI fell to a seasonally adjusted 52 from 53.3 in June.
In US, the Dow Jones Industrials Average broke above the 22,000 threshold for the first time ever yesterday, 2 August 2017, putting the blue-chip index on track for its seventh straight daily risk, though the broader market pulled back on weakness in energy shares. Private sector hiring remained strong in July as employers added 178,000 jobs, ADP reported. ADP revised June's gain to 191,000.
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