Reacting to European credit crisis and choppiness in the rupee, the Nifty decisively breached the 4,700 mark today and the Sensex slipped 385 points to 15,679.
All sectoral indices were in the red. The BSE Bankex crashed 2.5%. IT, Oil & Gas, Auto and Metal indices were down 2%. Top losers include HDFC Bank, Jaiprakash Associates, M&M, Jindal Steel, Reliance Industries, IDFC and Sesa Goa. CLICK TO HEAR moneycontrol.com's Santosh Nair and Shishir Asthana, Investment Editor, firstpost.com, discuss the markets.
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