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Sensex snaps five-day winning streak on Ukraine tensions

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Reuters MUMBAI
Last Updated : Mar 03 2014 | 3:57 PM IST

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The BSE Sensex fell on Monday to snap a five-day winning streak as stocks of blue chips such as ICICI Bank declined as part of an emerging markets retreat over fears of military tensions between Russia and Ukraine.

ICICI Bank Ltd provisionally fell 1.6 percent, while HCL Technologies Ltd slumped 4.6 percent.

The benchmark BSE Sensex provisionally closed down 0.92 percent, while the broader Nifty ended down 0.95 percent after rising 3.05 percent in the previous five sessions.

(Reporting by Abhishek Vishnoi; Editing by Prateek Chatterjee)

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First Published: Mar 03 2014 | 3:42 PM IST

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