Sensex freefall continues, Nifty dips below 7,900

December 03, 2015 10:06

Falling for the second straight session, the benchmark BSE Sensex dropped by another 156 points (at 10am), while the NSE Nifty cracked the 7,900-mark in early trade today on sustained selling by funds and retail investors amid sluggish Asian cues.

Stocks of metal, FMCG, PSU, auto, healthcare, consumer durables and banking sectors leading the fall. The gauge lost 51.56 points in the previous session.

On similar lines, the National Stock Exchange Nifty dipped below the 7,900-level by falling 36.90 points, or 0.46 per cent, to 7,894.45.

Brokers said selling by participants in recent gainers and a weak trend in other Asian markets, tracking overnight sell-off in the US markets on plummeting oil prices mainly dampened the sentiment.

Besides, manufacturing PMI, which fell to a 25-month low of 50.3 in November also added to the negative bias, they said.

Among other Asian markets, Japan's Nikkei moved down by 0.22 per cent and Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 0.62 per cent in early trade today. Shanghai composite index shed 0.32 per cent.

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