20 Microns Ltd.(up 3.31%) stood among the top gainers.
KIOCL Ltd.(down 6.27%), Oriental Trimex Ltd.(down 4.27%), Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores Ltd.(down 3.92%), NMDC Ltd.(down 3.38%), Aro Granite Industries Ltd.(down 2.66%), Ashapura Minechem Ltd.(down 2.52%), Lexus Granito(India)Ltd.(down 2.50%), Madhav Marbles & Granites Ltd.(down 1.97%), Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.(down 1.78%) and MOIL Ltd.(down 1.38%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 216.05 points down at 22488.65, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 617.3 points at 73885.6.
ICICI Bank Ltd.(up 1.07%), Axis Bank Ltd.(up 0.71%), HDFC Bank Ltd.(up 0.44%), State Bank of India(up 0.39%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(up 0.14%) and Bharti Airtel Ltd.(up 0.01%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Tata Steel Ltd.(down 5.8%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(down 3.55%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(down 3.47%), Titan Company Ltd.(down 3.22%), Wipro Ltd.(down 3.08%), Shriram Finance Ltd.(down 3.03%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd.(down 2.92%), Nestle India Ltd.(down 2.89%), Bajaj Finance Ltd.(down 2.8%) and Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.(down 2.33%) closed in the red.