Sensex Falls Over 250 Points, Nifty Slides Below 11,000

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Domestic stock markets started Thursday's session on a lower note ahead of the expiry of derivatives contracts, amid weakness in Asian
peers
The S-P BSE Sensex index fell as much as 260.05 points to 37,191.79 in early trade and the broader NSE Nifty benchmark moved to 10,965.50,
down 80.6 points from the previous close
Weakness across sectors - led by financial, metal and energy shares - pulled the markets lower
Caution prevailed ahead of the expiry of monthly derivatives contracts
Analysts awaited macroeconomic data due on Friday for cues.At 9:27 am, the Sensex traded 242.48 points - or 0.65 per cent - lower at
were Indiabulls Housing Finance, Yes Bank, JSW Steel, Tata Motors, Grasim and TAta Steel, trading between 1.17 per cent and 6.56 per cent
liberalization of foreign direct investment (FDI) rules in four sectors, in an effort to spur economic growth
agency Reuters, the economy was expected to have grown 5.7 per cent in June quarter - its slowest pace in more than five years.Equities in
other Asian markets fell as global recession worries from intensifying US-China trade frictions
Wednesday, after climbing 3.20 per cent and 3.39 per cent respectively in the past three sessions.(With inputs from Reuters)Get Breaking
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