Mumbai, April 13: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex fell over 78 points in early trade, on Tuesday, on capital outflows by foreign funds amid weak Asian cues.
The 30-share index, which had lost 80.14 points in the previous session, fell further by 78.21 points or 0.43 percent to 17,774.79.
The wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty also declined by 22.45 points, or 0.42 percent to 5,317.25.
Stock brokers said subdued trend on Asian bourses triggered selling by foreign funds.
Shares of auto, banking, metals and technology sectors were under pressure after the recent run-up.
The pack of major losers include Infosys Technologies that fell by 1.24 percent to Rs 2,650, Hero Honda 3.93 percent to Rs 2,404.90, Sterlite Industries 1.06 per cent to Rs 860.20, Tata Steel 0.67 percent to Rs 677.80, Tata Consultancy Services 0.58 percent to Rs 792.95, ICICI Bank 0.93 percent to Rs 956 and State Bank of India 0.29 percent at Rs 2,085.95.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng shed 0.14 percent and Japan’s Nikkei lost 0.98 percent in the morning trade on Tuesday.
–PTI