Indian equities fell further on Wednesday due to weak global cues. FMCG, oil & gas and IT stocks witnessed a fall whereas realty stocks registered a gain. At 11.26 a.m., the Sensex was trading down 137.01 points or 0.50 percent at 27,128.31 with 19 components falling. Meanwhile, the Nifty was trading lower by 40.30 points or 0.49 percent at 8,112.65 with 33 components falling.
Major losers were Infosys (1.79 percent), ITC (1.79 percent), RIL (1.36 percent) and M&M (1.26 percent) Top gainers were Tata Power (1.98 percent), SSTL (1.31 percent), Bajaj Auto (1.15 percent) and ICICI Bank (1.12 percent)
The BSE Mid and small caps outperformed their larger counterparts gaining 0.31 percent and 0.60 percent respectively. The FMCG index was at 7,443.11, down by 82.9 points or by 1.1 percent. The Oil & Gas index was at 11,509.41, down by 95.01 points or by 0.82 percent. The IT index was at 10,378.91, down by 65.95 points or by 0.63 percent. On the other hand, the Realty index was at 1,765.66, up by 6.38 points or by 0.36 percent.