Mumbai. Sensex and Nifty continued to fall on Friday after the Central Bank’s decision to keep the policy rate unchanged. Withdrawal of foreign capital also affected investor sentiment. During trading, BSE Sensex fell 368.37 points to 82,945.56 and NSE Nifty slipped 146.7 points to 25,496.10. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday kept the key policy rate repo at 5.25 percent, keeping in mind the macroeconomic situation and global conditions.
Among the 30 companies included in the Sensex, shares of Tata Consultancy Services, Tech Mahindra, Trent, State Bank of India, Bharat Electronics, Tata Steel, Asian Paints and Infosys were among the losers. On the other hand, shares of ITC, Bajaj Finance, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Power Grid were among the gainers. In Asian markets, South Korea’s Kospi fell by nearly three percent and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell by more than one percent.
Whereas Japan’s Nikkei 225 and China’s SSE Composite remained in the lead. US markets closed in negative territory on Thursday. The price of international standard Brent crude stood at $ 67.92 per barrel with an increase of 0.44 percent. According to stock market data, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were sellers on Thursday and sold shares worth Rs 2,150.51 crore.
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