Realty & capital goods stocks drag Sensex down down 59.23 points

Indian stock markets continued to trade marginally in the red in the afternoon trading session on Thursday.

At 2.30 pm, the Nifty stood at 5,081.70, down 27.9, while the Sensex was trading at 16,786.82, down 59.23.

The Midcap stocks, which saw a fall in the morning session, continued to trade in the red with the BSE Midcap index down by 1.19 per cent.

Most sectoral indices were trading in the red with realty, capital goods and PSU stocks being the worst-hit. Healthcare and pharma stocks were the only sectors to be trading in the green on both the BSE and NSE.

Volatility was down with the India VIX falling by 4 per cent to 16.09.

Sun Pharma, Ambuja Cements, Bajaj Auto, Maruti and PowerGrid were the top five gainers on the NSE, while PNB, Bank of Baroda, SAIL,Tata Power and BPCL were the top laggards.

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