Led by weak European cues and heavy selling in healthcare, metal and realty stocks, domestic markets ended the session on Wednesday down by over 0.2 per cent.
The 30-share BSE index Sensex was down 51.14 points (0.26 per cent) at 19,939.04 and the 50-share NSE index was down 19.15 points (0.32 per cent) at 6,050.15.
On the BSE, healthcare index was down 1.62 per cent, followed by metal 1.46 per cent and realty 1.1 per cent. On the other hand, IT index was up 0.87 per cent, followed by TECk 0.5 per cent and PSU 0.2 per cent.
Among 30-share Sensex, SBI, TCS, Wipro, ITC and Infosys were the top five gainers, while the top five losers were Sun Pharma, Jindal Steel, Sterlite, Cipla and RIL.
Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) bought shares worth Rs 976.99 crore yesterday, as per provisional data from the stock exchanges.
European stocks fell from their highest level since June 2008 as investors awaited the Bank of England’s decision on continuing economic stimulus. US index futures were little changed, while Asian shares slid.