Mumbai June 21 (IANS) Amid volatility the key Indian equity indices provisionally closed in the red on Thursday.
According to analysts heavy selling pressure was witnessed on auto capital goods and consumer durables stocks.
At 3.30 p.m. the wider Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) provisionally closed at 10 741.10 points down 30.95 points or 0.29 per cent from the previous close of 10 772.05 points.
Similarly the BSE Sensex which had opened at 35 644.05 points closed at 35 432.39 points (3.30 p.m.) -- down 114.94 points or 0.32 per cent -- from its previous session s close of 35 547.33 points.
The Sensex touched a high of 35 678.69 points and a low of 35 396.97 points. The BSE market breadth was bearish with 1 764 declines against 830 advances.
The top gainers on the Sensex were ICICI Bank Reliance Industries HDFC Tata Motors and Infosys whereas Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) ONGC Power Grid State Bank of India and Sun Pharma were the major losers.
On the NSE Indian oil Corporation BPCL and Hindustan Petroleum were the highest gainers while M&M Bharti Infratel and Dr Reddy s Lab lost the most.

--IANS rrb/qd/vd