Profit booking, upcoming derivatives expiry dent equity market (Second Lead)
Accordingly heavy selling pressure was witnessed in auto IT and FMCG counters.
Index-wise the Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange provisionally closed at 11 053.80 points lower by 13.65 points or 0.12 per cent from its previous close.
The BSE Sensex which had opened at 36 936.64 points closed at 36 542.27 points down 109.79 points or 0.30 per cent from its previous close of 36 652.06 points.
It touched an intra-day high of 36 938.74 points and a low of 36 357.93 points.
--IANS ravi-rv/vm/nir