By Abhishek Vishnoi
MUMBAI (Reuters) - The BSE Sensex fell nearly 1 percent on Tuesday, snapping a three-day winning streak, as lenders such as Yes Bank and other financial firms slumped after the RBI raised short-term interest rates in a bid to curb the rupee's slide.
Late on Monday, the Reserve Bank of India raised short-term borrowing costs, restricted funds that banks could access and announced a 120 billion rupee bond sale as it sought to create demand for the rupee, which hit a record low last week.
The central bank's measures are seen hurting growth, while the tightening will push back lending rate cuts.
Bank of America-Merrill Lynch reduced India's fiscal year 2013/14 growth forecast to 5.5 percent of the gross domestic product from 5.8 percent after the central bank's liquidity measures, it said in a note on Tuesday.
"Higher short-term rates and expectations that policy rates would now be cut with a lag may lead to some tinkering down of estimates," said Aneesh Srivastava, chief investment officer at IDBI Federal Life Insurance.
The BSE Sensex fell 0.91 percent, or 183.25 points, to 19,851.23, closing below the key 20,000 level.
The Nifty fell 1.25 percent, or 75.55 points, to 5,955.25, marking its biggest single-day fall since July 3.
Lenders dependent on short-term wholesale funding such as Yes Bank
Yes Bank slumped 9.9 percent, while IndusInd Bank
Among other banks, ICICI Bank
Shares in financial firms also slumped. IDFC
Morgan Stanley also changed its view on India's financial services stocks to "cautious" from "in-line", citing the Reserve Bank of India's decision to raise two short-term rates.
However, among stocks that gained, Tata Consultancy Services
(Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)
