NEW DELHI: Smallcaps fell in sync with Sensex in Monday's trading session.The BSE Smallcap index was trading 0.41 per cent down at 16,716, while the Sensex was 0.37 per cent down at 37,728 around 12:40 pm.Waterbase (up 13.40 per cent), DCM Shriram Industries (up 12.03 per cent), Sandur Manganese Iron Ores (up 11.68 per cent), Bharat Bijlee (up 9.60 per cent) and Sheela Foam (up 7.28 per cent) were among the top gainers in the smallcap index.On the other hand, ILFS Engineering Construction Company (down 10.24 per cent), Tamilnadu Petroproducts (down 8.60 per cent), Balasore Alloys (down 8.51 per cent), NCL Industries (down 7.52 per cent) and Kellton Tech Solutions (down 6.65 per cent) were among the top losers in the index around the same time.
Equity market was down, following Asian peers.
Bank and financial stocks were among the top drags.Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 21 were trading in the green, while 29 were in the red.
In the Sensex index, 15 stocks were advancing, while 16 were incurring losses.Vedanta, State Bank of India and YES Bank were leading among Sensex losers.