BSE Sensex extended the fall on Tuesday as it continued its fall for the ninth straight session, closing the day 146 points lower, pulled down by IT stocks amid robust foreign fund outflows. The 30-share index settled 145.83 points, or 0.41 per cent lower at 35,352.61, after a 489-point intraday swing. NSE Nifty plunged 36.60 points, or 0.34 per cent, to 10,604.35.
IT heavyweights fall
IT heavyweights including TCS and Infosys were the top losers in the Sensex pack, plunging nearly 3.39 per cent today. “The fall was mainly due to the sudden fall in the IT stocks like TCS, Wipro and Infosys,” said Joseph Thomas, Head Research – Emkay Wealth Management told news agency PTI.
Weak Asian markets
Subdued cues from other Asian and European markets too weighed on investor sentiment, analysts told PTI.
FII outflows
Heavy selling by foreign institutional investors (FIIs) turned the investor sentiment negative for the traders told PTI.
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While FIIs sold shares worth a net Rs 1,239.79 crore, domestic institutional investors (DIIs) were net buyers to the tune of Rs 2,336.74 crore today, according to provisional data available with BSE.