Sensex flat banks fall, drug makers gain

SENSEX-ICICI-SBI-RBI:Sensex flat banks fall, drug makers gain

singapore  October 31, 2012, 10:42 IST

singapore  10 31, 2012, 10:50 IST

 

 

Reuters Market Eye - The Sensex down 0.02 percent and the Nifty falls 0.12 percent. Rate sensitive sectors fall for the second day in a row, a day after the RBI disappointed markets by keeping rates on hold.

ICICI Bank down 0.6 percent, State Bank of India down 0.3 percent.

Property firm DLF falls 1.4 percent.

Pharma shares extend gains after posting robust earnings. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals gains 5.4 percent a day after it said July-September quarter earnings almost tripled.