NEW DELHI: The domestic equity benchmark BSE Sensex was trading 166.34 points down at 35,642.61 on account of selling in frontline bluechip counters.
Shares of Oil Country Tubular (up 20 per cent) , Tarini International (up 19.95 per cent) , P G Foils (up 19.66 per cent) , Comfort Commotrade (up 17.89 per cent) , Duke Offshore (up 14.82 per cent) , Jiya Eco Products (up 13.26 per cent) , Radhe Developers (up 13.21 per cent) , Madhucon Projects (up 12.50 per cent) , Reliance Power (up 11.27 per cent) and Reliance Communications (up 11.27 per cent) were among the top performers.Reliance Capital (up 9.32 per cent) and Reliance Home Finance (up 8.39 per cent) too were trading 8-9 per cent higher at around the same time.
The Nifty 50 index was trading 51.10 points down at 10,673.30.
Among the 50 components in the Nifty index, 14 shares were trading in the green, while 36 were in the red.