The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex fell over 80 points at the end of the session today on heavy selling in auto, capital goods, metal and healthcare stocks amid weak European cues.
At 3.30 p.m., the 30-share BSE index Sensex was down 87.51 points or 0.52 per cent at 16,870.88 and the 50-share NSE index Nifty was down 30.5 points or 0.6 per cent at 5,068.90.
Volume toppers during the session were SBI, Infosys, Tata Motors, RIL and Tata Steel. Major Sensex losers were ITC, L&T, Tata Motors, NTPC, ONGC, HDFC and Jindal Steel. Infosys, TCS and ICICI Bank were the major gainers.
Among the sectoral indices, bankex was up 0.98 per cent, IT 0.58 per cent, realty 0.32 per cent and teck 0.21 per cent. Auto was down 1.58 per cent, capital goods 1.42 per cent, metal 1.11 per cent and healthcare 0.98 per cent.
Of the total 2,896 stocks traded, 1,375 advanced, 1,394 declined and 127 remained unchanged.
The Indian bourses opened the session in the green on the back of positive close by Dow Jones last night and by a firm trend in the Asian markets.
In the opening session, the BSE Sensex was up by about 65 points to 17,024 and the Nifty was up by 16 points to 5,116.