Market Today on 17th Sept

The Asian markets closed mixed while the European markets held out in trade. The Indian market saw short covering in last hour of trade and closed weak. Sensex shut shop at 13262, down 255 points and Nifty at 4008, down 66 points from the previous close. CNX Midcap index was down 1.35% and BSE Smallcap index was down 1.19%. BSE Realty index was down 4% and BSE Bankex index was down 3.7%. The market breadth was negative with advances at 379 against declines of 883 on the NSE. Top Nifty gainers included Cairn, Tata Motors and ONGC while losers included Unitech, Sterlite and ICICI Bank.