Market Highlights: Sensex falls 336 factors, Nifty ends beneath 18,200-mark; RIL, Infy, TCS amongst prime drags

Share/Stock Highlights: The frontline fairness indices on the BSE and National Stock Exchange (NSE) continued their dropping spree and ended decrease for the third straight session on Thursday weighed by market heavyweight Reliance Industries (RIL) and data expertise (IT) shares.
The S&P BSE Sensex fell 336.46 factors (0.55 per cent) to finish beneath the 61,000-mark at 60,923.50 whereas the Nifty 50 declined 88.50 factors (0.48 per cent) to settle at 18,178.10. Both the indices had begun within the inexperienced however gave up their positive aspects inside an hour into the commerce and remained within the purple after that.
RIL was the most important contributor to Sensex’s fall on Thursday. The oil-to-telecom behemoth fell 2.85 per cent. Apart from this, IT majors Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) together with Asian Paints had been the opposite main losers of the day. On the opposite hand, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) and ICICI Bank had been among the many prime gainers.
On the sectoral entrance, the Nifty IT was the worst performer of the day crashing 2.53 per cent weighed by MindTree, Coforge and L&T Technology Services. The Nifty Metal index too fell 1.77 per cent dragged by Hindustan Zinc and Welspun Corp. On the opposite hand, the Bank Nifty rose 1.30 per cent led by Kotak Mahindra Bank and RBL Bank.
(with inputs from businesses)