The BSE 30-share barometer, after hitting the new peak in the opening trade, succumbed to profit-booking and selling by foreign funds at record levels. At one point, it slipped below the 28,000-mark to touch the day's low of 27,963.51.
The gauge settled 130.44 points, or 0.46 per cent, lower at 28,032.85. Yesterday, it had touched intra-day high of 28,282.85 but had ended with a loss of 14.59 points.
Similarly, the NSE 50-scrip index Nifty after scaling a new peak of 8,455.65 at the outset, beating previous record of 8,454.50 touched yesterday, fell. It ended below the 8,400-mark to close with a loss of 43.60 points, or 0.52 per cent, at 8,382.30. Intra-day, it had touched a low of 8360.50.
Traders said besides profit-booking, a mixed trend in global markets ahead of the release of minutes of Federal Reserve policy meeting, led to the fall in Indian shares.
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The local currency also appeared to be having a bad day with rupee trading near 62-levels against the US dollar.
Meanwhile, Foreign Portfolio Investors sold shares worth Rs 101.98 crore yesterday, first net sales in almost 3 weeks.
Sectorally, the BSE Metal index suffered the most by losing 2.14 per cent, followed by Power index which fell 1.80 per cent, Oil & Gas index by 1.35 per cent, Consumer Durables by 1.22 per cent and Realty index by 0.99 per cent.
Bucking the trend, Dr Reddy, HUL, HDFC, Bajaj Auto, Airtel, L&T, Infosys and ICICI Bank ended up.