Mumbai, Dec 31: Key Indian equity indices slumped on Tuesday with the BSE Sensex trading 100 points lower. Decline in banking, auto and IT stocks dragged the indices lower.
However, power, metal and oil and gas stocks traded higher during the day.
At 1.41 p.m., the Sensex was trading at 41,457.12, lower by 100.88 points or 0.24 per cent from the previous close of 41,558 points.
It had opened at the day’s high of 41,607.49 points and has touched an intra-day low of 41,349.61 points
The Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was trading at 12,226.60, lower by 29.25 points or 0.24 per cent.
On the Sensex, the top gainers so far were NTPC, Axis Bank, PowerGrid, ONGC and Sun Pharmaceutical. The stocks which lost the most so far were Tech Mahindra, Bajaj Auto, Nestle India and ICICI Bank.
