Equity diversified NAVs ended lower with advance:decline ratio of 10:244, as the benchmark Sensex shed 111 points on Monday, dragged by SBI, Maruti, Hero Honda, Reliance Industries, DLF, ONGC, L&T and HDFC.
The 30-share BSE Sensex closed at 18,020.05, down 110.93 points or 0.61% and the 50-share NSE Nifty fell 30.50 points or 0.56% to 5,418.60.
On the sectoral front, banking, FMCG and pharma funds declined while technology funds closed mixed.
However, long and short term debt funds ended higher; their advance:decline ratio stood at 73:3 & 106:2, respectively.