Sensex, Nifty Turn Negative; Tata Motors Shares Tank 13%

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Thirty out of 50 Nifty stocks declined in trade.After a higher opening in early trade on Tuesday, the stock markets turned negative led by
losses in FMCG, auto, banks and realty stocks
At 11:04 am, the SP BSE Sensex traded at 34,397, down 77.38 points or 0.22 per cent, and the Nifty50 index of the National Stock Exchange
(NSE) at 10,318.20, with a loss of 29.85 points or 0.29 per cent
At the time of writing this report, the Sensex had touched day's low at 34,317.88 and the Nifty at 10,292.90.Losing between 1.68 and 13.28
per cent, the key Sensex laggards were Tata Motors, Bharti Airtel, Asian Paints, ICICI Bank, and Bajaj Auto.Thirty out of 50 Nifty stocks
declined in trade.Nifty Auto - the index of auto stocks lost 1.86 per cent, Nifty FMCG - the index of consumer stocks - was down 1.04 per
cent, and Nifty Realty - the index of real estate shares - slipped 1.09 per cent
Nifty Bank - the index of banking shares - traded 0.14 per cent lower.Ritesh Ashar, Chief Strategy Officer, KIFS Trade Capital, said that
Nifty may test 10,000
"The volatility indecisiveness remains in the market but it is getting cooled off
The USD-INR is getting towards the 75 mark and is also sustaining above the 74 level which is a very painful area
The key benchmark index Nifty may test the level of 10,000 in the coming weeks
So cautiousness is advised," he said.Meanwhile, Asian shares hit 17-month lows as China allowed its currency to slip past a psychological
bulwark
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan eased another 0.2 per cent after ending Monday at its lowest point since May
last year, reported news agency Reuters.On Monday, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) and domestic institutional investors sold and
purchased net equities of Rs 1,805.07 crore and Rs 1,973.97 crore respectively, according to NSE's provisional data
The Sensex had closed at 34,474.38 and the Nifty at 10,348.05
(With agency inputs)