Mumbai, January 28: After opening higher, the BSE benchmark Sensex today slipped by over 200 points with selling pressing emerging in realty, auto and capital goods sector stocks.
The 30-share index Sensex traded down by over 200 points, or 1.11 percent to trade at 18,476.47 points.
Similarly, the broad-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty fell over 68 points, or 1.23 per cent, to 5,535.55 points.
The 30-share index opened the day higher by 36.44 points, or 0.19 percent, to 18,720.87 points.
Marketmen said a weak trend on Asian bourses dampened the sentiment here and triggered widespread selling. Investors were also concerned over rising food inflation and a hike in key interest rates by the Reserve Bank of India, they added.
Food inflation inched up marginally to 15.57 per cent for the period ended January 15, on account of escalating vegetable prices, particularly, onions.
On global front, the US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended marginally higher by 0.04 per cent in yesterday’s trade, while Japan’s Nikkei shed 0.15 per cent in the morning trade today.
-PTI