Mumbai, August 10: The BSE Sensex provisionally fell 1.7 percent on Monday, as fears that weak monsoon rains — crucial for the country’s domestic-demand-led economy — will hurt a nascent economic revival weighed on investor confidence.
The 30-share BSE index provisionally ended down 258.22 points at 14,902.02, with 24 stocks declining.
The 50-share NSE index provisionally closed down 1.8 percent at 4,402.75.
—-Agencies