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Sensex ends 116 pts down; ONGC, SBI, L&T, ICICI Bk drag

Equity benchmarks dropped for third consecutive session - the NSE Nifty settled below 6050 level, dragged down by banking, realty, auto, FMCG, PSU oil & gas and cement companies' shares. However, the European cues were positive.

January 06, 2011 / 18:00 IST

Equity benchmarks dropped for the third consecutive session on Thursday, dragged down by banking, realty, auto, FMCG, PSU oil & gas and cement companies' shares. The NSE Nifty settled below the 6050 level. Vijay Bhambwani of bsplindia.com sees the first immediate support for Nifty at 6030 and then 5960.

Rate sensitives remained on sellers' radar on the back of news that the RBI may hike key rates in its next policy meet. Bharat Shah, Director of ASK Investment Managers Private Limited said banking business would by and large hold up but there could be some amount of impact due to the interest rate changes which have occurred in the last few weeks. "I don
first published: Jan 6, 2011 03:52 pm

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