A benchmark index of Indian equity markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), on Tuesday provisionally closed 102.15 points or 0.37 percent down.
The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE), too, closed in the red -- 24 points or 0.29 percent in the negative territory at 8,337 points.
The Sensex of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 27,630.21 points, closed at 27,459.23 points (3.34 p.m.), down 102.15 points or 0.37 percent from the previous day's close at 27,561.38 points.
The Sensex touched a high of 27,676.65 points and a low of 27,416.39 points during intra-trade.
