Mumbai Aug 9 (IANS) Negative global cues on the back of geo-political tensions coupled with heavy selling pressure in healthcare automobile and banking stocks pulled the key Indian equity indices lower on Wednesday.
The NSE Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) slipped by 70.50 points or 0.71 per cent to provisionally close at 9 908.05 points (at 3.30 p.m.).
The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE too slipped below the 32 000-level.
The Sensex which opened at 31 926.14 points closed at 31 797.84 points -- down 216.35 points or 0.68 per cent from its previous close at 32 014.19 points.
It touched a high of 31 967.28 points and a low of 31 731.91 points during the intra-day trade.
The BSE market breadth was skewed in favour of bears -- with 1 982 declines and 598 advances.
On Tuesday the benchmark indices fell following a surprise regulatory directive by SEBI along with broadly negative global cues.
The Nifty50 fell by 78.85 points or 0.78 per cent to close at 9 978.55 points while the Sensex closed at 32 014.19 points -- down 259.48 points or 0.80 per cent.
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