Sensex falls 162 points amid global selloff

June 04, 2012 09:44

Continuing its slide for the fourth straight session, the BSE benchmark Sensex today fell furtherby nearly 162 points in early trade due to sustained selling by foreign funds amid a weakening trend on other Asianbourses.

The 30-share barometer, which has lost over 473 points in the previous three sessions, moved down further by 161.62points, or 1.01 per cent, to 15,803.54 in opening trade.All sectoral indices, led by healthcare, auto and power stocks, fell up to 1.53 per cent.

Similarly, the wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty declined by 50.26 points, or 1.04 per cent, to 4,791.35.

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