INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Reddy's Laboratories, Infosys, Lupin, Hindalco, Mahindra Mahindra, Reliance Industries and Indian Oil Corporation finished Monday's
session as the top gainers of the Nifty index.
On the other side, Indiabulls Housing Finance, HDFC Bank, Bharti Airtel, Adani Ports, Bharti
Infratel and GAIL (India) remained the top losers in the Nifty pack of stocks.
On Monday, Indian equity benchmarks extended losses to the
second session on losses in bank, FMCG, financial, telecom and capital goods stocks even as global cues were mostly positive.
Investors'
risk appetite remained subdued ahead of India's central bank's monetary policy review meeting that began today and will conclude on
Wednesday.
The BSE Sensex took a downward plunge of 215 points, or 0.61 per cent, to settle at 35,012, while the Nifty index tanked 68
points, or 0.63 per cent, to finish Monday's session at 10,629.
In the Nifty index, 15 stocks managed to close the day with gains, while
35 remained in the negative zone.
The Sensex saw 7 stocks advancing, while 24 declining at the end of Monday's trade.
Barring Nifty IT and
metal, all sectors suffered losses, with realty plunging 3.33 per cent.
Nifty Bank and financial indices tanked 1.63 per cent and 1.60 per
