INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Thirty three stocks on the 50-scrip Nifty index were trading in the negative zone
The stock markets started Tuesday's session on a flat note, with the BSE Sensex see-sawing in a tight
National Stock Exchange (NSE) benchmark index Nifty traded in the range of 10,532-10,505 in early morning deals, trading nearly unchanged
While some weakness was witnessed in PSU bank and FMCG stocks, down around 0.4-0.7 per cent, mild gains in energy and capital goods kept the
Top laggards on the Nifty 50 included Grasim, Bharti Airtel, UltraTech Cement and Infratel, trading with losses of between 1.5 per cent and
2 per cent.SBI shares were down 0.9 per cent in early morning deals, ahead of January-March quarter earnings from the country's largest
bank.While Japan's Nikkei 225 was trading flat, China's Shanghai Composite was down 0.4 per cent
Markets in Hong Kong and South Korea were shut for holidays.Overnight on Wall Street, key indices climbed while US dollar rallied to a
per cent.On Monday, the BSE Sensex had closed 232 points lower at 34,616 while the NSE Nifty settled 79 points lower at 10,516
That marked a lower closing for the indices for a fifth session in a row.
