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Korean peninsula on the boil again, Sensex, Nifty tank

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Updated: Tue, Aug 29, 2017
11:59 pm
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An escalation in tensions following

firing of a missile by North Korea over Japan had investors on

knife-edge today as both the Sensex and the Nifty took a sharp

fall, in line with a general weakness across the globe.

For the Nifty, the fall was the most in over nine months

while for the Sensex, this was the worst single-day

performance over a month.

The Sensex hurtled straight down to 31,388.39 -- a one-

week low -- plunging over 362 points and the NSE Nifty cracked

below the 9,800 mark, registering their first loss after a

four-day winning streak.

The Korean peninsula was on the boil after North Korea

fired the ballistic missile that flew over Japan before

plunging into the Pacific Ocean, officials said today, in a

clear message of defiance as Washington and Seoul conduct war

games nearby.

This rankled investors worldwide, with Asian stocks

hitting a soft patch. The negativity affected Indian markets,

already cautious ahead of the August derivatives expiry On

Thursday. European shares opened in the red too.

At the close, the 30-share BSE index was down by 362.43

points -- 1.14 per cent -- at 31,388.39, its lowest closing

since August 22 when it came in at 31,291.85.

During the day, it shuttled between 31,360.81 and

31,739.80. This is biggest single day fall since July 18 when

it had lost 363.79 points. The gauge had gained 491.97 points

in the previous four sessions.

The risk appetite was hit so badly that the wider NSE

Nifty settled lower by 116.75 points -- 1.18 per cent -- its

biggest single-day fall in over 9 months at 9,796.05.

Investors also moved in to lock profit after the recent

rally in the stocks.

"Concerns of heavy floods in the financial capital and

the heavy selling by FIIs in equities over the past one month

ensured risk appetite was down to a trickle, especially as

Asian markets were in a sea of red following North Korea

threats," said Anand James, Chief Market Strategist, Geojit

Financial Services.

NTPC emerged as the biggest loser plunging 2.80 per cent

to Rs 168.50 after the government said it would sell 5 per

cent stake in the country's largest power producer at Rs 168

to raise about Rs 7,000 crore.

Others that lost were Sun Pharma, Reliance Industries,

ONGC, HDFC Ltd, Coal India and Bharti Airtel, losing by up to

2.35 per cent.

Shares of ACC, Bank of Baroda, Tata Power and Tata Motors

DVR too were under pressure and fell by up to 2.78 per cent as

these companies will move out of the NSE's benchmark Nifty 50

index from September 29. HPCL and UPL rose up to 0.71 per cent

after the NSE decided to include them in the Nifty 50.

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) net sold shares

worth Rs 124.74 crore yesterday while domestic institutional

investors (DIIs) remained net buyers for the 15th straight

day, making purchases worth of Rs 476.26 crore, showed

provisional data.

In keeping with the overall trend, the small-cap and mid

indices shed up to 1.05 per cent.

The BSE infrastructure index fell the most by falling

1.86 per cent, followed by power, consumer durables and PSU.

 

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