The NSE Nifty index was trading 243.8 points down at 18878.35, while BSE Sensex was down 800.53 points at 63248.53 at the time of writing this report.
In the Nifty index, Axis Bank Ltd.(up 0.45 per cent), HCL Technologies Ltd.(up -0.13 per cent), ITC Ltd.(up -0.32 per cent), Grasim Industries Ltd.(up -0.40 per cent) and Hindustan Unilever Ltd.(up -0.47 per cent) were among the top gainers.
While Tech Mahindra Ltd.(down 2.83 per cent), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(down 2.73 per cent), UPL Ltd.(down 2.67 per cent), Bajaj Finance Ltd.(down 2.59 per cent) and LTIMindtree Ltd.(down 2.46 per cent) were among the top losers in the index.