Sensex, Nifty pares some losses, ends negative

Both the Indian bourses recovered from day's lows tracking global markets. The BSE Sensex ended low at 15,348.65, down by 142.70 points and NSE Nifty closed low at 4,613, down by 38.50 points.

Fitch's warning to downgrade France and other six European countries hurt investors' sentiments driving equities down on both BSE and NSE.

On the sectoral front on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the only sectors seen positive were Oil & Gas, FMCG and Auto, were up by 0.98%, 0.60% and 0.03%, respectively.

The major sectors on the losing side were Consumer Goods (3.71%), Realty (3.19%), Bankex (3.09%), Power (1.70%) and PSU (1.67%).

On the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the top volume gainers were Tata Motors, Cairn, Sail, Coal India and Reliance, all gained by 4.06%, 3.95%, 3.08%, 2.18% and 2.03%, respectively.

And, the big losers on the NSE were Axis Bank (5.91%), L&T (4.13%), PNB (4.05%), RCom (3.58%) and Jindal Steel (3.49%).

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