India's stock market opened lower on Monday with Nifty slipped below 25,100 level. In the broader markets, the Nifty MidCap index slipped 0.1 per cent, but the Nifty SmallCap index added 0.01 per cent.
The Indian rupee opened 21 paise lower at 86.01 per dollar on Monday against Friday's close of 85.80.
At 9:41 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 82183.31 down by -317.16 points or by -0.38 % and then NSE Nifty was at 25073.2 down by -76.65 points or by -0.3 %.
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 869.85,+1.30%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1686.05,+0.81%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 265.30,+0.76%), State Bank of India (Rs. 814.35,+0.72%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Rs. 12571.50,+0.62%), among others.
On the flip side, Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 916.00,-1.86%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1581.10,-1.37%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1615.85,-1.29%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1575.60,-1.21%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1997.65,-0.93%), among others were the top losers of the BSE Sensex pack.
On the sectoral front, HCS index was at 44567.16 up by 237.19 points or by 0.54%. Neuland Laboratories Ltd. (Rs. 13166.40,+6.99%), Suven Life Sciences Ltd. (Rs. 286.40,+3.92%), Thyrocare Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1125.60,+3.31%), Laurus Labs Ltd. (Rs. 811.00,+2.52%), Max Healthcare Institute Ltd. (Rs. 1247.15,+2.28%),.
Among others, BSETECk index was at 17954.51 down by -137.09 points or by -0.76%. Bharti Hexacom Ltd. (Rs. 1737.60,-2.63%), PVR INOX Ltd. (Rs. 975.60,-1.42%), LTIMindtree Ltd. (Rs. 5137.50,-1.39%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1615.35,-1.32%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1583.40,-1.22%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 3618 , shares advanced were 1752 while 1679 shares declined and 187 were unchanged.