Sensex, Nifty ends lower; Asian Paints, Yes Bank top losers

3.43 am:

Sensex ends at 30,188.15, down 62.83 points (0.21%)

Nifty50 ends at 9,400.90, down 21.50 points (0.23%)

Hero MotoCorp and Infosys were index gainers, both clocking over 2 per cent on the BSE 30.

Axis Bank and Asian Paints were index losers falling over 2 and 3 per cent respectively.

YES Bank and Zee Ent Ltd were top losers on the NSE index.

9.40 am:

Market analysts attribute this trend to major profit-taking due to high liquidity in the market.

9.34 am:

All major indices are trading in the red.

Nifty Pharma slips over 1 per cent.

9.30 am:

Among the gainers were Infosys and Tata Motors trading over 1 per cent.

Asian Paints was the top laggard on the BSE 30.

9.22 am:

Indian benhmark indices opened in the green at the strike of the opening bell.

However, minutes later the market started to slip into the red.

The Sensex was trading at 30,249.33, 1.65 points higher (0.01%).  

Nifty50 was trading at 9,416.40, 6.00 up points (0.06%).

9.03 am:

Indian rupee opened at 64.33 against the dollar

8.20am:

GLOBAL MARKET CUES

Asian shares inched up Friday with the Shanghai Composite trading up 11 points and Hang Seng index trading 15 points higher.

However, Nikkei slipped 0.71 per cent in early trade.

US stocks end lower with retail stocks tumbling. Macy's fell over 17 per cent.

Bank of England holds key interest rates.

Crude logs strong gains.