NEW DELHI: The domestic equity benchmark BSE Sensex was trading 148.59 points down at 39,801.87 on account of selling in frontline bluechip counters.Shares of Patspin India (up 16.46 per cent) , Indo Us Bio-Tech (up 15.70 per cent), Aanchal Ispat (up 13.99 per cent) , Gujarat Hy-Spin (up 12.97 per cent), Smartlink Holdings (up 12.61 per cent), Kilburn Engineering (up 12.14 per cent), Ind Renewable Energy (up 12.02 per cent), Karma Energy (up 11.82 per cent), JHS Svendgaard (up 11.23 per cent) and AYM Syntex (up 11.11 per cent) were among the top performers.The Nifty 50 index was trading 42.40 points down at 11,923.20.
Among the 50 components in the Nifty index, 12 shares were trading in the green, while 38 were in the red.