Indian equities continued to fall for the third day on Monday due to steep fall seen in realty, oil & gas and consumer durables. Both Sensex and Nifty traded below 3-month low. At the close, the benchmark 30-share index, BSE Sensex declined 260.95 points or 0.95% at 27,176.99 with 25 components registering drop. Meanwhile, the broad based NSE Nifty fell by 93.30 points or 1.12% at 8,211.95 with 46 components registering drop.Biggest gainers in the 30-share index were Maruti Suzuki India (3.02%), Sesa Sterlite (2.37%), Wipro (1.91%), Tata Motors (0.39%), Coal India (0.20%), and Tata Consultancy Services (0.14%).
On the other hand, Bharti Airtel (3.11%), State Bank Of India (3.08%), Dr Reddy's Laboratories (3.01%), Bharat Heavy Electricals (2.87%), Housing Development Finance Corporation (2.64%), and Hindustan Unilever (2.48%) were the biggest losers in the Sensex.
The Realty index was at 1,510.77, down by 62.3 points or by 3.96%. The Oil & Gas index was at 9,153.46, down by 232.48 points or by 2.48%. The Consumer Durables index was at 10,313.39, down by 228.89 points or by 2.17%.
The BSE Midcap and Smallcap index dropped 2.10% and 2.85% respectively.
Market breadth was negative with 631 advances against 2,012 declines.
