Mumbai, October 20: Erasing early gains, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex today closed down by 103 points on profit-booking by funds in blue-chip stocks.
The 30-share Sensex settled the day lower 103 points at 17,223.01. The key index touched the day’s high of 17,457.26 in continuation of gains in the last two sessions before registering the fall.
The wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty fell by 27.35 points to 5,114.45, after rising to 5,181.95.
A weak opening in European stock markets fuelled selling among overseas and general investors.
In the 30-BSE index-linked stocks, 18 closed with losses and 12 ended in positive zone.
Reliance Industries, the most valuable and a heaviest on the Sensex, slid the most in more than a month by losing 1.84 per cent to Rs 2,183.85.
–Agencies