Buoyancy in currency market, where the rupee strengthened against the US dollar, capped the losses in broader markets. In the local market, 18 scrips out of the 30-share Sensex pack ended lower. Asian Paints was the top loser with a deficit of 1.92% followed by HDFC Ltd (1.87 pc), Axis Bank (1.72 pc), NTPC (1.50 pc), TCS (1.49 pc), GAIL (1.47 pc) Power Grid (1.42 pc), HDFC Bank (0.87 pc) and Bajaj Auto (0.69 pc). The market breadth remained positive as 1,404 shares ended higher, 1,356 closed lower while 157 ruled steady. The total turnover on BSE amounted to Rs 4,178.26 crore, higher than turnover of Rs 3,804.43 crore registered yesterday.

Source: dna September 07, 2016 15:06 UTC