Mumbai Aug 8 (IANS) Broadly negative global cues coupled with heavy selling pressure in banking oil and gas and healthcare stocks dragged the key Indian equity indices -- the BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty50 -- lower to provisionally close on a subdued note on Tuesday.
The NSE Nifty50 which closed above the psychologically important 10 000-point mark for the first time on July 26 slipped to below that level by the day s close as investors booked profits.
On July 25 the Nifty climbed the 10 000-point mark for the first time in its almost 22-year history.
At 3.30 p.m. the wider Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) provisionally closed at 9 978.55 points -- down 78.85 points or 0.78 per cent -- from its previous session s close.
The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE which opened at 32 341.05 points closed at 32 014.19 points -- down 259.48 points or 0.80 per cent -- from its previous close at 32 273.67 points.
The Sensex touched a high of 32 354.77 points and a low of 31 915.20 points during the intra-day trade.
The BSE market breadth was skewed in favour of bears -- with 1 985 declines and 600 advances.
On Monday the benchmark indices traded rangebound and closed on a flat-to-negative note.
The Nifty50 fell by 9 points or 0.09 per cent at close at 10 057.40 points while the Sensex closed at 32 273.67 points -- down 51.74 points or 0.16 per cent.
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