Indian equities

BSESENSEX lost 952.39 points or 1.59 per cent to close at 58,840.79 points while NIFTY lost 302.50 points or 1.70 per cent to close at 17,530.85 points. The broader markets saw BSE100, BSE200 and BSE500 lose 1.48 per cent, 1.44 per cent and 1.41 per cent respectively. BSEMIDCAP lost 1.46 per cent while BSESMALLCAP lost 1.12 per cent.

"Indian rupee drifted further lower following weaker Chinese Yuan and foreign fund selling amid risk-averse sentiments. The dollar has been stabilising versus the major currencies but strengthening against the Asian currencies. The Fed has remained quite hawkish in recent commentaries which are offering a good floor to the dollar," said Dilip Parmar, Research Analyst, HDFC Securities.

At close, Sensex ended 224.11 points, or 0.37 per cent, down at 60,346.97, and Nifty closed 66.30 points, or 0.37 per cent, down at 18,003.75. A total of 1,176 shares declined, 1,692 shares advanced and 143 remained unchanged. Infosys, TCS, Tech Mahindra, HCL Technologies remained major losers on the Sensex.

The Indian rupee appreciated 40 paise to 79.12 against the US dollar during early trade on Tuesday following a decline in dollar and inflows from foreign investors, dealers said. The rupee remained at over 1 month high with this fall. At the Interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee was trading at 79.12 against the US dollar, as compared to 79.52 close on the previous trading session.

At 12.40 p.m., the yield on old benchmark bond 6.54 per cent-2032 was trading at 7.1290 per cent, as compared to 7.1811 per cent closed on Monday, and new benchmark bond 7.26 per cent-2032 bond was trading at 7.0902 per cent, as against 7.1354 per cent closed on the previous trading session.

The yield on 10-year benchmark 6.54 per cent-2032 bond yield, which was trading at 7.32 per cent in the last month, has eased to 7.13 per cent this month. "Besides crude oil prices easing out, there is an expectation of Indian Bond Index inclusion very soon. This news has created a positive vibe amongst investor and trading segment as the market is now expecting over $30 billion inflow in debt securities

The Indian Rupee gained 6 paisa or 0.08 per cent to close at Rs 79.80 to the US Dollar. Dow Jones continued to remain under pressure and lost on four of the five trading sessions. It lost 964.96 points or 2.99 per cent to close at 31,318.44 points. It is now down 13.81 per cent on a year-to-date basis. On a similar comparison, the Indian benchmark indices are up about one percent.

"Rupee traded in mixed range in the week between 79.25-79.95 closing the week on a flat but broadly weak note, as dollar index and FII's selling pressure added resistance to rupee whereas Crude price fall and domestic sector performance along with banks positive momentum gave support to the rupee," said Jateen Trivedi, VP Research Analyst at LKP Securities.

At close, Sensex ended 36.74 points or 0.06 per cent up at 58,803.33, and Nifty ended 3.35 points or 0.02 per cent down at 17,539.45. Around 1,769 shares have advanced, 1,656 shares declined, and 142 shares remained unchanged. HDFC, ITC, Larsen and Toubro, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank were gainers on the BSE. BSE SmallCap index ended higher, however, BSE MidCap and LargeCap fell.

At close, Sensex ended 770.48 points or 1.29 per cent down at 58,766.59, and Nifty closed 216.50 points or 1.22 per cent lower at 17,542.80. Nearly, 1,952 shares have advanced, 1,473 shares have declined and 153 shares remained unchanged. Reliance Industries, TCS, Sun Pharma, Tech Mahindra, Hindustan Unilever, Infosys were among the major losers on the Sensex.