Mumbai: Indian equity benchmark indices ended lower on August 2. This is for second day in a row that the Indian indices are settling lower. BSE Sensex settled at 65,782.78, down 676.53 points or 1.02%. NSE Nifty ended at 19,526.50, down 207.00 points or 1.05% .
About 1232 shares advanced, 2265 shares declined, and 132 shares remained unchanged. Top gainers were Divis Labs, Nestle India, HUL, Tech Mahindra and Asian Paints. Top losers were Hero MotoCorp, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, NTPC and Bajaj Finserv.
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All the sectoral indices ended lower. The capital goods, PSU Bank, power and metal down 2% each, while auto, bank, realty and oil & gas down 1% each. The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices shed 1% each.
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