Sensex tanks over 300 points in opening trade

September 10, 2015 09:30

The market has opened with a sharp loss following weak global markets.

The Sensex is down 335.92 points or 1.3 percent at 25383.66 and the Nifty is down 106.55 points or 1.4 percent at 7712.05.

About 129 shares have advanced, 692 shares declined, and 24 shares are unchanged. Hindalco, Vedanta, oNGC, BHEL and SBI are major losers while there is no green stock in the Sensex.

The Indian rupee gave up yesterday's gain. The currency has opened lower by 31 paise at 66.72 per dollar on Thursday against previous day's close of 66.41.

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