Mumbai, January 15: Cutting short its winning streak of the past two days, the BSE benchmark Sensex today closed down by over 30 points after blue-chips RIL and ONGC lost some ground on profit-booking by investors.
In lacklustre trading, the 30-share Sensex of the Bombay Stock Exchange moved in narrow range, with investors taking a cautious approach ahead of software major TCS’s unveiling of third quarter earnings later in the evening. Finally, the barometer concluded the day at 17,554.30, a fall of 30.57 points or 0.17 per cent from its last close.
Realty and PSU attracted good buying support. CNI Research CMD Kishor P Ostwal said the PSU stocks rallied on the hopes that what government has offered in EIL stocks would also be done in other companies which are lined up for the disinvestment.
–Agencies