INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Sensex and Nifty finished the holiday-shortened week 1.3% and 1.5% lower respectively
Stock
markets reversed early gains to close lower on Thursday, as selloff witnessed in banking, financial services, metal and energy stocks
BSE benchmark index Sensex ended 218 points or 0.62 per cent lower at 34,981 while the Nifty index of the National Stock Exchange (NSE)
settled at 10,526, down 73 points - or 0.7 per cent - from the previous close
Thursday also marked a third consecutive trading session in which the key indices finished lower
Top laggards on the 50-scrip Nifty were Mahindra Mahindra, Grasim, Hindalco Industries, Bajaj Finance and Indian Oil, closing between 2.4
per cent and 3 per cent lower
