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Markets extended losses to end 1.5% down on Wednesday, amid weak global cues, with bank shares leading the fall after the RBI mooted extra provisioning and capital requirement for banks' exposure to companies with unhedged forex exchange positions. Further, the weakness in the rupee and rising crude oil prices also weighed on market sentiment.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 286 points or 1.5% at 19,178 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 87 points or 1.5% at 5,771.
The rupee extended losses today tailing weakness in stocks. The Indian unit was at 60.23, down from an intraday high of 59.84. The rupee had again slipped below the 60 mark at 60.03 in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market, on heavy dollar demand tracking strengthening of the US currency overseas.
Indian services firms lost momentum in June as new business trickled in at the slowest pace in nearly two years, dashing hopes of a sustained pick-up in economic growth, a survey showed on Wednesday. The HSBC Markit Services Purchasing Managers' Index fell to 51.7 in June from May's three-month high of 53.6, in a sign that India's economy is still struggling to climb out of a quagmire of low growth and high inflation.
Asian shares extended their losses after a survey showed that growth in China's services sector sagged to its weakest pace in nine months in June, adding to signs of a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy. Investors also turned cautious ahead of the US jobs data on Friday. The Nikkei ended down 0.3%, Shanghai Composite eased 1.4%, Hang Seng dropped 2.5% and Straits Times was down 1.3%.
European shares were trading lower after crude oil prices topped $100/barrel mark amid political uncertainty in Europe. The FTSE-100, CAC-40 and DAX were down over 1.6% each.
Realty index was the top loser among the sectoral indices down 4.6% followed by Metals, Consumer Durables, Power, Bankex, Capital Goods, Oil and Gas all down over 2% each.
Among bank shares, ICICI Bank, SBI, HDFC Bank ended down 1-4.6% each while mortgage lender HDFC close 2.7% lower.
In the oil and gas segment Reliance Industries ended down 2.4% while ONGC closed 3.5% lower on profit taking after recent gains post the government's decision to double natural gas prices to $8.4 per mBtu.
Larsen & Toubro ended down 2.6% on profit taking after the stock gained post huge order wins in June.
Other Sensex losers include, TCS, Bharti Airtel and Dr Reddy's Labs.
Sensex gainers include, ITC, Sun Pharma and Jindal Steel.
Among other shares, Tata Power ended down 4.9% at Rs 82.50, extending its previous day’s 2% fall, after ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has changed the ratings outlook of the company to negative from stable.
Hindustan Copper ended 3.1% lower at Rs 70.40, extending its previous day’s nearly 7% fall on BSE, after the government has fixed floor price at Rs 70 per share for its 4.01% stake sale via offer-for-sale (OFS) today.
Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilisers slumped 10% to end at Rs 56.20 on back of multiple block deals on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
Gillette India gained 2.5% to end at Rs 2,231 on reports that the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) rejects the company’s bid to ease shareholding rules for the company.
Venus Remedies ended up 2.1% at Rs 265, bouncing back 9.5% from intra-day’s low, after the company said it has been granted patent from the Japanese patent office for its antibiotic drug 'Elores'.
In the broader market, the BSE Mid-cap index ended down 1.7% and the Small-cap index closed 1.4% lower.
Market breadth continued to remain weak with 1,526 losers and 789.
