The BSE Sensex fell over 100 points

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to 32,508.42 at the start of the last trading session of the

Samvat year 2073 today, hit by muted quarterly earnings by

some bluechips and profit booking by participants at record

levels.

The trend remained mixed in global markets.

The 30-share index fell by 100.74 points, or 0.31 per

cent, to 32,508.42, with banking, PSU, capital goods, auto,

healthare and oil & gas stocks dropping up to 6.6 per cent.

The broad-based Nifty slipped from record by falling

29.30 points, 0.29 per cent, to 10,205.15.

Brokers said sentiment turned bearish on unabated foreign

fund outflows and lower-than-expected Q2 earnings by

some bluechip companies amid profit-booking in recent gainers.

Markets will conduct a special 'Muhurat' trading

session tomorrow between 1830 hrs and 1930 hrs on the

auspicious occasion of Diwali.

Private sector lender Axis Bank plunged 6.64 per cent

after it reported spike in the dud loan portfolio due to newer

surprises, including an under-reporting found by the Reserve

Bank. The bank posted a 38 per cent rise in September quarter

net profit at Rs 432 crore on low base effect.

Other losers were ICICI Bank, SBI, Cipla, Lupin, Bajaj

Auto, Bharti Airtel, Asian Paint, Tata Motors, Infosys, Sun

Pharma and Coal India.

Investors were cautious with today being the last session

of Hindu Samvat Year 2073.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng was down 0.09 per cent while

Japan's Nikkei rose 0.13 per cent in early trade today.

Shanghai Composite gained 0.27 per cent.

The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.18 per cent

higher yesterday.

 

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