Stock Market Witnesses Profit Booking a Day After Record Rally

At close, the Sensex was down 1,281.68 points or 1.55 per cent at 81,148.22

- STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE

Indian stock market saw a day of profit booking on Tuesday, a day after a record rally with Nifty 50 index slipping below 24,600. IT, FMCG, auto and banking names weighed while smallcap index extended gains.

At close, the Sensex was down 1,281.68 points or 1.55 per cent at 81,148.22, and the Nifty was down 346.35 points or 1.39 per cent at 24,578.35.

BSE Midcap index ended flat, while Smallcap index added one per cent.

On Nifty 50, as many as 35 stocks ended with losses, out of which Infosys was down 3.63 per cent, Eternal Power Grid was down by 3.34 per cent and Power Grid was down by 3.19 per cent, ending as top losers.