INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
BSE Sensex dropped 139.61 points, or 0.37 per cent, to settle at 38,018.31, closing loser for a sixth session in a row
25 of its 50 stocks finished in the negative zone
Top laggards on the Nifty50 were Hindustan Unilever, Bharti Infratel and Bharti Airtel, closing with losses of between 2.7 per cent and 4.2
per cent.On the 30-share Sensex, losses were led by FMCG major Hindustan Unilever, which dropped 2.4 per cent to its worst close since June
Other laggards on the Sensex included Reliance Industries (RIL) and Kotak Mahindra Bank, which fell 1.48 per cent and 1.96 per cent
dampened today after a monthly survey showed that India's services sector activity fell in August from July's 21-month peak as new
business orders declined.Meanwhile, Yes Bank was the top gainer on both the equity indices gaining almost 3 per cent.The rupee hit an
intraday low of 71.968 against the dollar as simmering trade tensions continued to hurt emerging market currencies
NSE Nifty had been on a record-setting run over the last two months, marking fresh highs 11 times in August alone
