SENSEX went down by 150 points today

In Indian stock market, SENSEX went down 150 points today(Aug11th 2010-Wednesday), The following things are the reasons for bearish market
1) US Federal Reserve report
2) Japan’s and Chinese industrial export data.
Today’s SENSEX index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) closed at 18,070.19, down 0.82 % which is around 150 points from the previous day close. In the morning during opening of the market itself Sensex was in red at 18,177.35 and further went down to a low of 18,042.89 points. The index touched a high of 18,263.88 points in the intra-day trade. At the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the broader 50-share S&P CNX Nifty closed 0.73 percent or 40.10 points down at 5,420.60. After opening flat at 5460.70, the index plunged to a low of 5,412 from a high of 5474.60.

Sensex status today(June 3) went down 100 pts

The Sensex opened with a negative of 211 points at 15,852 owing to weakness due to global markets.
The index touched a day's low of 15,709 in morning hours, it recovered partially and touched a day's high of 15,985 due to some buying in oil & gas sector(HPCL,BPCL,IOC.Etc..). The BSE Sensex finally ended with a loss of 100 points at 15,962.The NSE Nifty settled with a loss of 24 points at 4,716. The market breadth was negative - out of 2,722 stocks traded, 1,817 declined, 847 advanced and 58 were unchanged today.

Index losers Bharti Airtel tumbled 4.1% to Rs 841. Reliance Infrastructure down 3.9% at Rs 1,125.Satyam declined 3.6% to Rs 500. BHEL and HDFC slipped around 3% each to Rs 1,548 and Rs 2,459, respectively.Jaiprakash Associates dipped 2.6% to Rs 206. Larsen & Toubro lost 2.3% to Rs 2,849.HDFC Bank dropped 1.8% to Rs 1,282. Infosys was down 1.4% at Rs 1,922.NTPC, Tata Steel and Grasim were the other major losers, down 0.7% each at Rs 160, Rs 862 and Rs 2,194, respectively.
Index gainers ACC gained 3.7% to Rs 649. Ranbaxy moved up 3% at Rs 530.DLF and Wipro advanced 2.6% each to Rs 582 and Rs 508, respectively.Reliance was up 2.2% to Rs 2,407. Tata Motors and Cipla added 1.3% each to Rs 570 and Rs 210, respectively.Hindalco and ONGC were up 1.1% each at Rs 184 and Rs 842, respectively.