Mumbai, April 08: Snapping the four-day upward march, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex fell over 34 points or 0.19 percent in opening trade on Thursday on profit booking at higher levels amid weak global cues.
The 30-share index, which had gained over 441 points in the last four sessions, lost 34.28 points or 0.19 percent to 17,935.74 in opening trade today.
The wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty also declined by 16.10 points or 0.29 percent to 5,338.55.
Brokers said overnight weakness in the US markets and subdued opening of the Asian bourses triggered selling by foreign funds.
The major losers include Infosys Technologies that declined by 0.08 percent to Rs 2641.90, Wipro lost 0.36 percent to Rs 713.00, BHEL dropped 0.61 percent to Rs 2,520.00, HDFC 0.35 percent to Rs 2,794.95, ICICI bank 0.30 percent to Rs 983.65, Sterlite Industries 0.88 percent to Rs 863.45 and Tata Steel 0.50 percent to Rs 680.80 percent.
Meanwhile, in the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 0.66 percent down in trade yesterday, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng shed 0.13 percent and Japan’s Nikkei lost 0.79 percent.
–PTI